Fruitcake Air-Drop
Spurred Anti-U.S. Sentiment
Kabul, Afghanistan | Seemingly wild stories from various tribal elders of "devil bricks falling from the sky" which were first dismissed as traumatic stress disorder, have finally been explained.
The U.S. Defense Department officially apologized this week for air-dropping thousands of fruitcakes to Afghan civilians for Christmas.
While the ill-fated plan caused no casualties, there was severe property damage when several of the "smart cakes" strayed from their intended targets. And conditions in over-crowded emergency rooms were only made worse after many Afghanis actually tried to eat the hellish confections.
The action spurred several anti-US demonstrations, and the State Department is considering monetary compensation for those affected.
Plans to drop chocolate covered strawberries on Valentine's Day are being reconsidered.
