8.16.2007

Sic transit gloria

Entry found in the diary of a German officer killed at Anzio:

"American parachutists -- devils in baggy pants -- are less than 100 meters from my outpost line. I can't sleep at night; they pop up from nowhere and we never know when or how they will strike next. Seems like the black-hearted devils are everywhere..."

(Strike Hold)


No more. From Wired's Danger Room comes news of "3-D, 'whole body scanners'" that makes sure every trooper's uniform fits just right ("Nobody wants a baggy uniform, of course," explains Danger Room's Noah Shachtman). So maybe some future diary will record, "They're just big meanies but they look sooooo good!"

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