Thursday
17Aug2006
Greasy trigger fingers
Matthew Carrington
Tell me this is an elaborate spoof.
Two websites claim they can arrange delivery of pizza and burgers to IDF units on the Lebanese border and “around Gaza,� and boast that they coordinate with the security forces so that there’s no “security risk.�
Imagine the hassle these guys could have saved in Lebanon—all that unloading from ships, piling into trucks, and jouncing down the highway only to be incinerated by an IAF missile when pizza and burgers were just a couple of mouse clicks away.
Food's only the start of the fun, however. The chuckles really come rolling in once you get to the messages accompanying overseas orders—seems that the sites are set up for (mainly American) well-wishers who want to show their support. Check out this page of notes from a second grade class in Florida telling the boys to "stay safe and keep fighting." Or this mess of wackiness from just about all over (just try a keyword search on "chosen"). My favorite, however, is this thank-you letter from an IDF soldier who appears to have mixed up the words "supper" and "sniper." An understandeable slip-up when you're trying to write and peg one of those pesky little terrorists at the same time. (Footnote: 42 out of the 184 Palestinians killed by the IDF in Gaza since June 28th have been children, according to a recent UN report.)
Anyway, I can see how this won't seem so funny if you've had these guys shooting up aid convoys and fast food outlets all around your country for the last month, or if you're feeling a little peckish in Gaza because the navy won't let you fish (same UN report), but look at it this way: a piping hot all-dressed with extra cheese and chili peppers is just a call (and $16.95) away.
There's just one problem...
Reader Comments (16)
I hope they choked on them. Absolutely pathetic!
This is not a joke. It has been going on for ages. It is especially targeted to thise Brooklyn Jews. I think I read somewhere a while back that you could also adopt a sniper, but could not find the link.
There's no way they could do all that for $16.95, sounds like a scam. Especially the bit about getting an IRS tax deduction for contributions over $250.
Just recently, Lisa Goldman peddled this tale while http://ontheface.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2006/7/20/2142505.html" rel="nofollow">"explaining" to her readers Sebastian Sheiner's famous "misleading" photographs of children scribbling hate speech on tank shells. Probably a feedback loop via PajamasMedia or Little Green Footballs or some such. Very "funny" indeed.
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Apparently it's easier to deliver burgers to IDF troops than it is to deliver medicine to displaced Lebanese civilians.
If you don't like the IDF perhaps we could arrange for a couple of battalions of American Rangers or Marines to make your day. See you next round!
Good idea William, except the rangers and the marines are kinda busy trying to cover their asses in Iraq.
The Rangers and Marines don't get pizzas delivered to them, they go on military patrols to protect KBR trucks full of Pizza Hut stuff and cheesecake. KBR could probably learn a thing or two from the mythical security arrangements of PizzaIDF.
It's legit. You want fries with that?
Can you put in an order for a http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/prgrm/chap/diet/diete-07_e.shtml" rel="nofollow">cheeseburger?
Oh yes, a bacon double cheeseburger, or a Hawaiian pizza with ham, pineapple and shrimp. Bet the IDF boys would really dig that.
I'd say I can't wait until I get called up again. I'm 67 and can still kick a few butts if I have to. Just give me a chance with thousands of other vets in the US. Besides I was raised on Roxy Burgers and Pizza
Easy there gramps, don't get out of that rocking chair too fast - Medicare doesn't cover war injuries.
Looks like the Israelis haven't exactly been successful in getting basic food and water to their troops in this conflict, so the soldiers probably haven't been getting their extra cheese specials:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/18/AR2006081801160.html
Who's this Hashem guy those Jews hold in such high esteem? Is that a pseudonym for God? Anyone know?
Sphinx, the word "hashem" means "the name" in Hebrew. Very religious Jews will not pronounce the name of God out of respect, so they often say "hashem" instead.
Then again, you could have found out by googling "hashem." The explanation is on the first hit.