Yesterday’s
refrigerator problem remains today’s refrigerator problem The circulation fan that resides in the
freezer compartment died in service.
While the upper compartment stayed somewhat cold, the lower compartment
is far to warm for safe food storage.
All possible contents have been transferred to a chest cooler along with
freezer packs.
The fan, of
course, must be ordered. The best
estimate is for repairs to be completed Thursday. If not, it will be a long holiday weekend
without a working fridge.
The latest
news is that a total of 800 troops are now assigned to Iraq. They are intended to provide security to
troops and other personnel already deployed.
This will include the Baghdad airport, and security details for the
embedded advisors. To aid in this
mission, helicopters will be deployed as well as unmanned aircraft. There will, of course, be the required
maintenance troops and helicopter aircrews.
Forgive my
hindsight, this looks a lot like VietNam II.
But there is a higher level of institutional idiocy about Iraq. We’ve already fought that war and left it
behind. To cycle the whole damned thing
again is just unbelievable.
Words fail at
this point. I can only hope that the
deployed folks make it home without looping the entire process.
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