An infestation of a parasite carried by a small genus of biting flies, Leischmania.
Most of them indigenous to Mesopotamia.
There was a BBC news show yestereven, about the British pulling out from their latest FAILED attempt to impose their “superior” culture and civilization on one of the oldest civilizations on Earth.
The Tommies were packing up all their gear to leave, they had tanks and trucks etc up on racks being power-washed and fine-cleaned to get rid of all the Iraqi sand… and especially the Leischmania flies and their eggs contained in that sand.
One of the Tommies said something that resonated, “We learned this a long time ago, UNLIKE THE YANKS WHO NEVER DID learn it”.
See, we were asked how exactly sand flies from Iraq could cause Leischmaniasis HERE, in Colorado Springs.
“Where, oh where” we were asked, “could those sand flies have come from?”
My sanity and that of Miss Johnnie were questioned at times…
That it would be somehow impossible to get the flies and therefore the parasites they carry from Iraq to the middle of the United States.
How about it, GI Joe types, when you came back, how thoroughly did you have to clean the gear?
Some of you were probably very good at it, but then, are ALL your comrades so diligent?
Is EVERY commander from that gigantic Mongolian Cluster Fuck as dedicated as perhaps your own officers?
You know as well as I do that some or perhaps most of them are the type who can’t find his ass with both hands.
The Army is still denying that they screwed up in this instance.
Or that Leischmaniasis even exists in Colorado.
Until last year they were officially denying that Gulf War Syndrome could have anything to do with the Depleted Uranium shells.
There’s still denials of PTSD and Helmet-head.
There’s still denials of Agent Orange.
You guys are being screwed by the Army even long after you leave, you really ought to get angry then get even.
Or at least get loud and get started demanding justice.
Don’t let them do a Bonus March Massacre on YOU.