I read this post at Insty’s place, wherein some people are complaining that the Pentagon is spending money on things like steak, ice cream, donuts and… lobster tails? Go ahead and read it, because there are some telling points made.
However.
I have no way of checking on this, let alone quantifying it, but I think I’d sell my AK-47 if much (or any) lobster was being served in the enlisted men’s mess halls around the world. In other words, I’m betting that those pricey lobster tails are being consumed by generals, military contractors and other REMFs, and not by the troops on the ground or at the sharp end.
Just so we’re all clear on my position on this: I want the boys doing the hard work to eat whatever they want and whatever we can get to them. If that includes steak, ice cream, donuts or fucking lobster tails, then so be it. But my concern for the diets of the aforementioned brass, leeches and REMFs drops off a cliff when it comes to said items.
To paraphrase some French* queen, let them eat Spam.
*I know, Marie Antoinette was Austrian. Shuddup.
