Glenn has posted a great email from a soldier who attended a speech at Fort Hood by MG Pete Chiarelli, the Commanding General of 1st Cav.
Said that of all the money appropriated for Iraq, not a cent was earmarked for agriculture. Said that Iraq could feed itself completely and still have food for export but no one thought about it. Said the Cav started working with Texas A&M on ag projects and had special hybrid seeds sent to them through Jordan. TAM analyzed soil samples and worked out how and what to plant. Said he had an E7 from Belton, TX (just down the road from Ft. Hood) who was almost single-handedly rebuilding the ag industry in the Baghdad area.
Them damn Texas farm boys. And Aggies!
Makes a Texan proud.
As you can see, it takes an Aggie to figure that out, you don’t see anyone from tu thinking of that.
Gig’em
Comment by Birdie — March 17, 2005 @ 3:26 pm