We are in the middle of a War, one which has been going on for
decades since modern civilisation began living in homes. Now that
they have declared open war upon the civilized world, we will do
what must be done.But this will not be a war between nations where
the lines can be drawn on a map and the enemy is known, but more
like a homeowner battling an infestation of cockroaches, pestilent
vermin that infest our very homes. We can, and we will, crush those
that we expose, but up to now we haven't thought them a serious
enough threat to root out entirely. Now that they have declared
open war upon the civilized world, we will do what must be done.
The world of today isn't like houses set well apart from one
another, it's more like an apartment building where a problem in
one unit has effects on all of the others. To root out these
roaches we must clean up not only our own home but the homes of all
of our neighbors. Some of these neighbors have tolerated the nests
in their homes because the roaches have left them alone
There will be damage done in this fight and innocent lives will be
lost on both sides; a terrible price we have not been willing to
pay heretofore. Skulking about in their shadows the roaches have
convinced themselves that they are invulnerable, that we, the
civilized world, can never defeat them.Some of these humans have
tolerated the nests in their homes . This has now ended
As their evolving toughness over the years had prompted me to the
necessity to invent new Weapons of mass destrution in Chemical
warfare. Custom mades insecticide heads of mass destruction
As of now, the Roaches are gathering their full force of
specialised "commandos" to attack my home. Brace myself for the
toughest battle yet, because Kansas is going bye bye.
Victory was never in doubt. Its cost was.... What was in
doubt, in all our minds, was whether there would be any of us left
to dedicate our cemetery at the end, or whether the last Marine
would die knocking out the last Japanese gun and gunner...." -
Major General B. Erskine - At the dedication of the Third Marine
Division Cemetery at Iwo Jima, March 14, 1945
