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Sunday, April 09, 2006

# Posted 5:43 PM by Ariel David Adesnik  

THE US MILITARY -- MADE IN CHINA: Last week I stopped by Fort America, the gift shop at the Pentagon. On display right atop a table at the front of the store were little blue boxes for holding commemorative coins. On the front they were stamped with a big gold eagle. The boxes were then wrapped in cellophane and adorned with a noticeable sticker saying "Made in China".

Another bit of irony, one perhaps more tragic than humorous, was that both "Vietnam Veteran" hats I saw were, of course, made in Vietnam. Imagine that somewhere in Hanoi an old guerrilla commander is now making a good living for himself by marketing those hats.

Or imagine that an orphan who lost her parents to an American napalm attack is now working twelve-hour days in one of those factories, stitching memorabilia for sale to veterans. Reconciliating is a very strange thing, indeed.
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You would hope that items sold would be USA made.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 7:13 PM
 
No he wouldn't, we're happy when Americans can't get jobs: it means more jarheads.
# posted by Blogger me : 10:44 AM
 
Those Vietnamese are much more likely to have lost their parents to Viet Namese communist assassination teams and death camps.
# posted by Blogger Robert : 2:37 PM
 
That orphan would be in his mid thirtys at this point.

But I agree, it would be better to make the trinkets in th US, and let the bastard starve.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 9:54 PM
 
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