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**Cheese Elemental**

US general declares war on junk food

Updated 3 hours 47 minutes ago

The US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has banned American and NATO troops from eating fast food.

The general, who runs 13 kilometres every morning and eats just one meal a day, has ordered junk food outlets on all military bases to be closed.

Military leaders say the decision was made because Afghanistan is a war zone, not an amusement park.

The decision is not likely to be popular with those stationed on bases serviced by fast food outlets, but will free up supply lines for frontline soldiers in need of fresh food and running water.

"From the moment [General] McChrystal and I arrived in Afghanistan last summer, we began looking for ways to do things more efficiently across the battlefield," Sergeant-Major Michael Hall wrote in a military blog, quoted by the Times Online.

"This effort includes moving and reallocating resources to better accomplish our mission.

"Supplying non-essential luxuries to big bases like Bagram and Kandahar makes it harder to get essential items to combat outposts and forward operating bases, where troops who are in the fight each day need resupplying with ammunition, food and water."

Last year, General McChrystal banned alcohol at NATO's Kabul headquarters after complaining that too many staff were coming to work with a hangover.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/31/2861692.htm

I'm surprised they actually allowed fast food outlets there in the first place.

**Iron_Chaos_Brute**

Cheese Elemental wrote:Someone think of the Fobbits!

Fixed.

**efarrer**

In the meantime in Canada
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2738047

The troops would rebels without the Timmy's though, so I suppose it's just as well.

Cheese Elemental wrote:
US general declares war on junk food

Updated 3 hours 47 minutes ago

The US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has banned American and NATO troops from eating fast food.

The general, who runs 13 kilometres every morning and eats just one meal a day, has ordered junk food outlets on all military bases to be closed.

Military leaders say the decision was made because Afghanistan is a war zone, not an amusement park.

The decision is not likely to be popular with those stationed on bases serviced by fast food outlets, but will free up supply lines for frontline soldiers in need of fresh food and running water.

"From the moment [General] McChrystal and I arrived in Afghanistan last summer, we began looking for ways to do things more efficiently across the battlefield," Sergeant-Major Michael Hall wrote in a military blog, quoted by the Times Online.

"This effort includes moving and reallocating resources to better accomplish our mission.

"Supplying non-essential luxuries to big bases like Bagram and Kandahar makes it harder to get essential items to combat outposts and forward operating bases, where troops who are in the fight each day need resupplying with ammunition, food and water."

Last year, General McChrystal banned alcohol at NATO's Kabul headquarters after complaining that too many staff were coming to work with a hangover.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/31/2861692.htm

I'm surprised they actually allowed fast food outlets there in the first place.

**Ratbarf**

I wonder if he considers coffee and donuts fast food? And if true no wonder we are leaving at the end of 2011.

**jp400**

Iron_Chaos_Brute wrote:
Cheese Elemental wrote:Someone think of the Fobbits!

Fixed.

+1

Rofl..
And for those that dont know...

I remember one time, We had to make a trip to LSA Anaconda.... Also known as "The Shire" due to the high concentrations of fobbits... and we were so pissed off at them before we left that we were blaring "The Fobbit Song" over our PA system as we drove across the entire LSA and out the front gate, giving anyone and everyone the California Howdy.... espically those fething retards on the front gate who wanted us to dismount our crew served .50 cals and Mk19's and clear then in the clearing barrels by hand. >_<

**Frazzled**

If we ban junk food from our bases, then the terrorists have already won!

This guys gotta be Army. No Marine would pull such a travesty.

**metallifan**

Like hell they're cutting off Tim Hortons. Obama wants Canada to stay. Taking away our Tim's isn't going to help him there

**Marshal2Crusaders**

The guy in charge is a health nut. So Burger King never had a chance. Looks like it'll be MREs and DinFacs from now on!!!!

**Frazzled**

Any dietician with half a brain will tell you eating one meal a day is not healthy. But this does explain why Canda just announced its leaving.

**Soladrin**

Bleh, if you believe what people tell you these days, nothing left on this earth is "Healthy". So I just don't pay attention to healthy/unhealthy labels anymore. \o/

**metallifan**

It's so an April Fools joke. We'd be gone the second the DnD got word of this

**Iron_Chaos_Brute**

jp400 wrote:"The Fobbit Song"

I greatly enjoyed this once I found it on youtube. NSFW.

**Khornholio**

I swear they must put cocaine in Tim Horton's coffee. For some reason Canuckistanis just don't see how addicted they are to it. I've never seen an American wearing a T-shirt with the slogan "Gimme my McD's". Seriously, if your country's national identity is intrinsically linked to a chain of donut shops, you're in big trouble.

**Orkeosaurus**

I've bought "extra large" drinks in Canada. They're child sized!

You guys really need to move into the next century with the whole "drink size" thing.

**metallifan**

Actually, I've heard that our servings are -larger- than the ones in the US, according to a friend of mine that lived in Cleveland for 3 months. I was quite shocked to be honest

But if you want extra large, the freaking Cineplex here is ridiculous. A Large - not even an XL, but a Large - is literally bigger than my head

It's really quite disgusting when Big Gulps come in a smaller cup.

**Manchu**

Tim's is in MI, their big cups are not XL by Ameristandards.

**Khornholio**

metallifan wrote:
Khornholio wrote:I swear they must put cocaine in Tim Horton's coffee. For some reason Canuckistanis just don't see how addicted they are to it. I've never seen an American wearing a T-shirt with the slogan "Gimme my McD's". Seriously, if your country's national identity is intrinsically linked to a chain of donut shops, you're in big trouble.

No, we're just always fing cold up here. And other than fing like bloody rabbits, we've only got one other way to stay warm and that's a $2.50 XL Double-Double from Tim Horton's

We're a bunch of Hockey-playing, beer-chugging, moose-riding, poutine-eating, syrup-sucking, beaver-saluting, Curling-watching, Igloo-building, seal-clubbing, Tim Horton's loving Canadians, and you better damn well appreciate it!

I am a Canuckistani living in self imposed exile. Only the hockey, beer and Tim's part of the above is true. And the cold part, of course. I'm immune to cold. I'm up for hockey. I'm up for beer. Tim's is OK like once a week, but 3 times a day? My family are all addicts. Addiction is bad, Mmmkay?

**metallifan**

When you're old, you have nothing better to do than sit in a Tim Horton's drinking coffee and talking about what you'd be doing if you weren't so old, and it's too bloody cold outside to do anything else.

THAT'S when 3 trips to Tim's a day becomes acceptable (And it's usually the case)

I'm usually a one-trip-a-day. And not steady at that. I'll sometimes only make one or two a week because even though their coffee -is- pretty smooth, mine's still better. Plus, Tim Hortons doesn't offer Bailey's in their Coffee. And sometimes I need a little whiskey in the morning to get me going.

**Mad Rabbit**

Frazzled wrote:Any dietician with half a brain will tell you eating one meal a day is not healthy. But this does explain why Canda just announced its leaving.

Ah, so they banned McMoose Burgers too? What a shame.

**Commissar Molotov**

We have placed a FATWA on the head of the clown Ronald!!! Death to the obese-ificator!

*ululates*

**Commander Endova**

What, someone high in the chain of command thinks they can govern the arbitrary personal decisions of the common soldier, based on his own personal and equally wrong perspective, regardless of the morale implications?!

Color me shocked. Army leadership at it's finest, so glad I no longer have to call men like this my "superior."

**dogma**

As a newly licensed dietetic technician, I agree that this is an amazingly stupid idea. Any possible nutritional gain will be overcome by the negative impact on morale, which can have a huge impact on physical fitness.

**metallifan**

Guys, really. It's an April Fools joke. And a good one at that. The best MSN came up with was "Canada buys half of Hawaii for $2.3B US"

At least this one managed to trick a few people.

**Ratbarf**

Oh that sneaky yank...

**Commander Endova**

Aww. Waste of a perfectly good NERD RAEG!!!111!11!one!!11!!mayonnaise!!!111

**WarOne**

dogma wrote:As a newly licensed dietetic technician, I agree that this is an amazingly stupid idea. Any possible nutritional gain will be overcome by the negative impact on morale, which can have a huge impact on physical fitness.

How about the rammification that it will become a headquarters for the enemy like they do to mosques once we abandon the places?

**Pipboy101**

Junk food, OMG that is what an MRE is. Sweet Mother of

ing God! We could not survive without Coke, Chew and Coffee. This is as bad as when they banned porn from being sold in the PX. What is this, 1955 all over again. The soldiers are already medicated and now take away things that remind them of home when they can get off the front lines. He might be good at tactics but morale issue he must have slept through that class in CGSC.

**Commissar Molotov**

It's not an April Fool's joke, unfortunately - same story, with tagline of April 5:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100405/od_nm/us_afghanistan_fastfood

**Ahtman**

*Sarcasm begin*

Screw those guys. Having all that fun, nation hopping, drinking, getting to play with guns. I bet they forgot they were even at war. They don't deserve a Whopper the ungrateful fools. Seeing the world the world for free on my tax dollars.

*sarcasm enD*

**mattyrm**

Good idea. I was sick of all the fu**in REMFs chowing down in Kandahar airfield and camp phoenix while i was on ten man rat packs and whatever i talked my mates into mailing me. They should ban the internet and give them one sat phone per 100 guys as well just so they appreciate what the guys in the field live like. Then they might pull their fingers out and actually try and get the comms, air support, kit supply chain working properly. Morale is for woofters! :-)