Did You Know That America Bombed Laos For Nine Years Straight? How To React When You Feel Deceived?

Again, I’m duplicating the posts of both my websites, simply to allow the crucial message of The Secret War that America has conducted upon Laos ever since the Vietnam War happened in next-door territory. Consequently, Laos has the distinction of being “The most heavily-bombed country in the world, in all history!” Even more than Vietnam! The US Army might have gone home in 1973, but our buried bombs still kill and maim the population here. And America wasn’t even at war with this country!!!??? Please share this truth with everybody you know! I promise, soon, to interview The Holy Spirit about this mess; but first, I’m spilling every gut-wrenching thing I’ve learned in the past few days, here in this lovely little country in Southeast Asia, about America’s surprising creation of this Secret War. Is it any surprise that it was kept secret? Hushed up? Swept under the carpet? Most especially, keeping this truth from the citizens of America, in whose name it was, “oh so nobly,” being conducted?

But, first, lets adjust the attitude. We all know that Puns are the lowest form of humor. Right? But, aren’t they fun? The weightier the matter, the faster the flow of great puns! It’s simply our creativity trying to get our attention and to show us around-and-about the most solemn of subjects.Like, how could you not know when cheating was going on? These topics below are to be read simply as single headlines. An angle on a complicated and ugly situation. They provide distance when you’d like to get really-in-the-face!

To get any sense out of this blog you will need to be somewhat informed about the Secret War of Laos, within which I am traveling at the moment and uncovering the SCOOP of the century! It’s a perpetual scoop, apparently, because “much” has already been written about it during the past fifty-four years. However, we, Americans, STILL haven’t heard of it. Google The Secret War of Laos or find documentaries on YouTube and then, if you agree with me, do what you can to spread this shameful news. This egg on the American Face. We need to help fix the many problems this has caused… mainly, millions of still-buried bombs, constant risk of death, and the missing limbs of survivors. Let’s rally around by contributing to a GoFundMe account, which has yet to be set up at this moment. Shouldn’t take long, though.

I stumbled across this story just last week, in the COPE Center, here in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, while touristing through Southeast Asia. COPE is dedicated to clearing the UXO, unexploded ordinances, which kill and maim Laotians constantly as they work and walk the countryside. COPE also rescues the injured by supplying artificial limbs that allow them to survive. And, of all countries, the USA is not on the list of donors and supporters. Even not appearing on petitions to ban these nasty, little clusterbombs, called Bombies.

Laos needs our support, primarily in the shape of money. Because, they are still coping with the heavy fallout. They are not begging for this assistance. I am!

When the oh-so-serious subject of America’s Secret War in Laos came to my attention; I found myself suddenly trying to digest the details by creating headlines and playing with words. I’ll share the pun-worthy results here, in order to give you full permission to slide gleefully down this slippery slope; even if you have a speech to the United Nations to prepare. Just try to imagine the subjects you could weave around each headline. And, there you will have it! Profundity! Keep paper and pen handy! These smarty-pants reproduce uncontrollably!

AMERICA’S TACTICAL TRAVESTY!

WOMBS OR BOMBS?  TOMBS OR ROOMS? BOOMS CREATE GLOOMS!

LIVE, or spelled backwards, EVIL?

UNEXPLODED CLUSTER BOMBS – A BLAST FROM THE PAST!

BOMBIES – BLASTS THAT LAST!

LAOS OR LOSS? LOUSED OR LOST?

YOUR SONS, OUR SONS, MY SON!

SECRET WARS ARE NOT CIVIL! LET’S BE CIVIL TO EACH OTHER!

IF CIVILIANS ARE NOT SOLDIERS, THEN, WHY DID WE BOMB THEM? MAN’SPLAIN THAT TO ME AGAIN?

WHERE WERE THE NO-FLY-ZONES OVER LAOS?

THEY ARE NOT ASKING FOR HAND-HOLDING! MANY LAOTIANS DON’T HAVE THOSE ANY MORE!

BUT, THEY DO NEED A HANDS-UP!

LET’S JOIN HANDS AND HEARTS AND HELP THEM HEAL!

A CLUSTER BOMB FELL, LIKE A NUT, ON THE HEAD OF HENNY-PENNY. SHE RAN TO TELL THE KING BUT NOBODY LISTENED!

WHO WAS HENNY-PENNY, ANYWAY? THE BUSY BODY WHO THOUGHT THE SKY WAS FALLING!

BUCK, BUCK, BUCK! IF THE SKY FELL, THOSE PLANES WOULDN’T BE OVERHEAD! EVERYTHING’S NORMAL, YOU SILLY HEN!

RELAX, HENNY! IT’S ONLY CLUSTER BOMBS; JUST LIKE EVERYDAY, FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS!

CHICKEN LITTLE SAYS THAT IT’S A BIGGER WAR THAN YOU THOUGHT POSSIBLE! LAOS IS THE MOST-BOMBED COUNTRY, EVER IN HISTORY!  THANKS TO THE U.S! GUESS WHO GOOSEY-LOOSEY IS!

LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS! AND LOTS OF OTHER THINGS, AS WELL.

WHO’S MINDING THE ROOST, ANYWAY?

DON’T ASK FOR WHOM THE COCK CROWS! IT CROWS FOR ALL OF US…. EVENTUALLY!

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE DAWN! COFFEE AND ROTTING CARCASSES!

SPILL YOUR GUTS, AMERICA! CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL!

AMERICA! YOU BIG BULLY! LOOK WHAT YOU DID!

LOOK THE OTHER WAY! WHAT BALLS? THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY FOR TENNIS!

TENNIS ANYONE? LET’S GO BAT A FEW BALLS AROUND BEFORE BREAKFAST. THEN, WHEN THE EGGS FALL, WE’LL EAT!

OH GOODY! RATTLES FOR THE BABY!

TALK ABOUT BURIED TREASURE!

ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES, GALS! WE HAVE A RIGHT TO BARE ARMS!

CIVIL WAR=EVIL WAR!

MOM, UPSIDE DOWN, SPELLS WOW! AND DAD, WITH AN E, (enemy) IN THE MIDDLE, SPELLS DEAD!

WARFARE OR CARFARE?

LET’S LOVE LAOS, AMERICA!

AMERICA’S MURDEROUS EGGS – CLUSTER BOMBS

AMERICA HAS LAID AN EGG THAT WON’T GO AWAY, UNTIL WE EAT CROW AND MAN UP TO OUR RESPONSIBILITIES! DOES THAT NEED MANSPLAINING, ANYONE?

ORGASM NOT WARGASM! MAKE LOVE NOT WAR! PEACE, NOT PIECES! (Not mine, originally.)

AMERICA’S SECRET WAR, OUR NEST OF BOMBIES!

WHAT DOES ONE DO ON THE WAY HOME FROM A BOMBING RUN? YOU DUMP YOUR LEFTOVER BOMBIES ON BABIES IN LAOS!

WE’VE JUST FOUND THE CAUSE OF PTSD! THE ONLY CURE IS TO LOSE YOUR MIND….ER, MEMORY! OTHERWISE, THE BRAIN-BOMBING IS NIGHTLY. EVERY EIGHT MINUTES!

BOMBIES FOR BREAKFAST? THEY LOOK JUST LIKE GIGANTIC RICE KRISPIES!

U.S. PILOTS BOMBED LAOS EVERY EIGHT MINUTES FOR NINE YEARS ON THEIR WAY BACK FROM VIETNAM…. IN ORDER TO LAND WITH NO DEADLY CARGO. MIGHT BLOW THEMSELVES UP, YA KNOW! OR THE CARRIER. CAN’T HAVE THAT, NOW CAN WE? THEY’D COURT-MARSHALL YOU!

NORTH VIETNAM INCONVENIENT? BOMB LAOS INSTEAD!

THERE’S NO DECLARED WAR WITH LAOS, BUT WE STILL KILL AND MAIM THE INNOCENT EVERYDAY! FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AND COUNTING. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR LIFETIME IS THAT?

AMERICA IS GUILTY OF THIS! WAKE UP, AMERICANS, AND SEE WHAT YOUR MILITARY HAS DONE!

MAMA HENS UNITE! LAOS HAS STUMPS TO FIX! THEY NEED PROSTHETICS!

THINGS FALL AND HIT US!  SOMETIMES, BOMBS! SOMETIMES, TREES! SOMETIMES, TRUCKS!

HOW DOES ONE CELEBRATE WINNING A SECRET WAR? HOW DOES ONE WIN AN UNDECLARED WAR? HOW DOES ONE SILENCE THE NOSY, NOISY NEIGHBORS, WHO PRY INTO YOUR CLOSEST SECRETS? YOUR SHAMEFUL, CLOSET SECRETS? BUT WHAT IF YOUR NOISY FAMILY GETS NOSY? STARTS ASKING PRYING QUESTIONS? GETS OUT OF CONTROL? CAN YOU SILENCE THEM? DOES YOUR GUN HAVE A SILENCER? WHAT IF IT’S NOT IN YOUR CONSTITUTION? WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU WERE FIGHTING FOR IN VIETNAM IS NOW HELD HOSTAGE IN YOUR SECRET LOCKER? HAVE THE COWS COME HOME? IS THERE FREEDOM IN YOUR HEART? AND IN YOUR SPEECH? DO YOU DO UNTO OTHERS? WHAT DID YOU DO, THAT THEY ARE SO AFRAID TO SPEAK UP….. OR MORE LIKELY, ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL?

OUT WITH IT NOW, CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL, UNCLE SAM!

Happy Punning, Punsters of the world!       www.copelaos.org.

About Linda J. Brown

Linda is a solo around the world traveler, having slowly explored the world's two hemispheres. A third trip around the equator has just begun, planned to last at least four years. After living for a year in the spiritual and beautiful town of Santa Fe, New Mexico, she has transferred to the beautiful and spiritual town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Feeling honored that the mysterious Hurricane Patricia paid her a call during her first week; she is none-the-less, eternally-grateful that this "worst hurricane in human history" decided to leave the planet alone, after all.
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