Burger King, Pizza Hut gone from Kandahar Airfield (food NAZI's strike)

[The Village Idiot]

http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/04/30/13773661.html

excerpted....

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Soldiers who crave a Whopper with cheese at Kandahar Airfield won’t be able to have it their way any longer.

As of Saturday, the Burger King, Pizza Hut and Subway outlets at the heart of the sprawling military base in Afghanistan will be shut down on the orders of the top NATO commander in Afghanistan.

Cpl. Stanly Pilon, a 32-year-old vehicle maintenance worker with Canada’s National Support Element, said he will miss the morale boost the fast-food fare gives to battle-weary soldiers.

“I’m kind of sad,” Pilon said between bites of a Subway sandwich.

“It’s kind of a place that we come just to get away from work and the chaos sometimes that happens around here.”

U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal launched a review last year of the amenities available at the Kandahar and Bagram airfields, and concluded that the fast-food joints posed a distraction from the task at hand, an ISAF spokesman said.

“Gen. McChrystal looked around and said, ‘There are some of these things that at this point in the mission are not keeping us as focused on the mission as we need to be,”’ said Lt.-Col. Michael Lawhorn.

“We’re very much in a war.”

With the surge of 30,000 more American troops, additional space was at a premium, Lawhorn added.

He said some troops may grumble over losing such creature comforts as a Pepperoni Lover’s pizza, but the majority of them would understand that it’s for the greater good

“Will some service members have their morale impacted? Sure. But by and large, they understand that difference between must-have and nice-to-have,” he said.

“That’s not to say that these things won’t return for the future.”

McChrystal’s order also affects a few shops selling various concessions and jewelry.

The restaurants, which have been around for about five years, have a pared-down menu of what’s on offer at home. For some, their greasy treats provided a welcome respite after months of cafeteria servings on the base or military rations out in the battlefield.

[NHSparky]

Sorry, FGL--this has nothing to do with food Nazis, and everything to do with mission readiness.  Would you, as a vehicle driver, be so willing to risk your ass and a few IED's knowing all you've got in your truck is some pepperoni pizzas instead of what our men and women NEED to get the job done; i.e., bullets, parts, etc?

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Sorry, FGL--this has nothing to do with food Nazis, and everything to do with mission readiness.  Would you, as a vehicle driver, be so willing to risk your ass and a few IED's knowing all you've got in your truck is some pepperoni pizzas instead of what our men and women NEED to get the job done; i.e., bullets, parts, etc?

That and trucks/planes/choppers only carry so much.

It's a matter of priorities.

The REMFs can live without while the grunts are sucking down MREs x3/day.

[NHSparky]

No kidding.  I saw some of the stuff they had at Kandahar.  I've been stationed places considered "civilized" (read: Guam) that had less shit than that.  We don't even want to get into what they had in such podunk places like Chinhae, etc...

[IassaFTots]

U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal launched a review last year of the amenities available at the Kandahar and Bagram airfields, and concluded that the fast-food joints posed a distraction from the task at hand, an ISAF spokesman said.

“Gen. McChrystal looked around and said, ‘There are some of these things that at this point in the mission are not keeping us as focused on the mission as we need to be,”’ said Lt.-Col. Michael Lawhorn.

“We’re very much in a war.”

I'd say that sums it up pretty good. 

[The Village Idiot]

but they are always selling out of condoms, I guess sex doesn't last as long as a burger.

[IassaFTots]

but they are always selling out of condoms, I guess sex doesn't last as long as a burger.

What does that have to do with the price of tea (cheeseburger) in China (Kandahar)?

[The Village Idiot]

I'm sorry. My bad. That is part of the mission I guess.

Community Relations.

Good thing those guys aren't married, I am sure they are all single.

Then again, I guess the left would say they are there to rape and pillage, so the condoms are a necessity.

[IassaFTots]

I'm sorry. My bad. That is part of the mission I guess.

Community Relations.

Good thing those guys aren't married, I am sure they are all single.

Then again, I guess the left would say they are there to rape and pillage, so the condoms are a necessity.

You missed the point.  The OP was about getting BK and Subway out of Kandahar.  Nothing at all mentioned condoms or S.E.X.  That is what I was asking about.  Why did we seguewayinto condoms, from cheeseburgers? 

[DumbAss Tanker]

It indeed has nothing to do with food nazis, but part of the reason given is real and part of it is basically spin.  The tonnage of food that has to be transported is not going to turn out to be all that different, it just affects where the troops will be eating it.

[The Village Idiot]

You missed the point.  The OP was about getting BK and Subway out of Kandahar.  Nothing at all mentioned condoms or S.E.X.  That is what I was asking about.  Why did we seguewayinto condoms, from cheeseburgers? 

If it is detracting from the mission then I guess we need to ban books, magazines and Armed Forces Radio and any kind of R & R as well. Do those commissaries sell candy bars? Dang it, thats one less round you can carry into battle. Ban it too.

[NHSparky]

but they are always selling out of condoms, I guess sex doesn't last as long as a burger.

Uh, yeah.  We had condoms available on the boat before liberty ports in Westpac.  Didn't mean everyone used them.  Or that they needed to.

[NHSparky]

If it is detracting from the mission then I guess we need to ban books, magazines and Armed Forces Radio and any kind of R & R as well. Do those commissaries sell candy bars? Dang it, thats one less round you can carry into battle. Ban it too.

I'm guessing you've never been in a forward-deployed area.

Just a wild ****ing guess.

[Mike220]

Uh, yeah.  We had condoms available on the boat before liberty ports in Westpac.  Didn't mean everyone used them.  Or that they needed to.

So did we. Apparently they gave you a rash...

[IassaFTots]

So did we. Apparently they gave you a rash...

Ew.

[The Village Idiot]

Uh, yeah.  We had condoms available on the boat before liberty ports in Westpac.  Didn't mean everyone used them.  Or that they needed to.

um. ooooookkkkaaaayyyy....

(Wore them out huh?)

[Mike220]

Ew.

Yup. Thankfully I just know that from stories. That would suck.

[NHSparky]

You missed the point.  The OP was about getting BK and Subway out of Kandahar.  Nothing at all mentioned condoms or S.E.X.  That is what I was asking about.  Why did we seguewayinto condoms, from cheeseburgers? 

You know the difference between a blowjob and a cheeseburger?

[NHSparky]

um. ooooookkkkaaaayyyy....

(Wore them out huh?)

Some of us didn't need to avail ourselves to the local prostitutes, thanks very much.

[Chris]

You know the difference between a blowjob and a cheeseburger?

A blowjob doesn't come with a side of fries and a drink?

[IassaFTots]

A blowjob doesn't come with a side of fries and a drink?

Sounds about right. 

[NHSparky]

A blowjob doesn't come with a side of fries and a drink?

Let's go to lunch.

[Crazy Horse]

If it is detracting from the mission then I guess we need to ban books, magazines and Armed Forces Radio and any kind of R & R as well. Do those commissaries sell candy bars? Dang it, thats one less round you can carry into battle. Ban it too.

Good thing you have nothing to do with the readiness and moral of our armed forces

[NHSparky]

Good thing you have nothing to do with the readiness and moral of our armed forces

Actually, he kinda sounds like a COB I used to have.  Then again, mail, radio, geedunk, and shit like that weren't available on the boat anyway.

[docstew]

I wonder if they closed the TGI Friday's too?