Jo's Cafe

What can you say about customs people that run the military people coming home on leave through such searches that you’d think they were more a threat to this nation than the terrorists?

Of course the whole plane of “soldiers, airman and marines” were run through customs when they left Kuwait. 

Then they were run through customs again when they landed in Atlanta.  

What changed from Kuwait to Atlanta?  Did Superman come by the plane and drop something off that would be located once they got into the US of A?

While going through customs in Atlanta, they had to remove their boots — again.  They sent the SGM’s through the x-ray machine three times before the gal asked her co-worker what the oval object was in his boot.  He piped up and said, “My dog tag.”  She responded with, “Why would you have one there?”  The answer is, “In case I’m blown up they will have something to identify me with.”  She was horrified and ran him, his boots and the rest of his stuff through quickly.  From back in the line, one of the other soldiers waiting to be inspected again said, “They don’t understand that blanket …”  Yeah — the blanket of freedom the military provides and the possible costs.

The plane landed at half past the hour … I saw him an hour and a half later.

Was it necessary?  Who knows — I consider it an insult to the men and women fighting for this country.