#why were 2.4 million pop tarts dropped at the start of a war

[sodacowboy]

...what??

[image ID: A cropped screenshot of the Pop-Tarts Wikipedia article. The first section reads:

In 2001, the United States’ military dropped 2.4 million Pop-Tarts in Afghanistan during the initial attack.

The second section is a citation for the first. It reads:

Colin, Chris; Pott, Carol (2006). The Blue Pages. Sausalito, California: PoliPointPress. p. 69.

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#United States military mention #military cw #united states cw #food cw #I looked up pop tarts because I wanted to know what flavors they were originally #I didn’t come here for this??? #why were 2.4 million pop tarts dropped at the start of a war?????? #were the 2.4 million counted as individuals or were they counted by package??? #what was the outcome of this??? did people get hurt by this specific thing???? #did Pop-Tarts endorse this??????? were they okay with this??? did they mention it at all???? #I need answers!!!!!!! #I’m that one cryptic person/entity in some magical/sci-fi setting #who says if you’ve come here for answers you’ve come to the wrong place #but like if you want more questions I’m your guy