That reminds me of this one:
Five cannibals were employed by the 5th SFG at an A Camp in the Central Highlands as scouts and translators during the Vietnam War. When the 5th SFG CDR flew in to personally welcome the cannibals for joining in the fight against the communists, he said, "You're all part of our team now. We will compensate you well for your services and you can eat any of the rations that the Army is eating. But please don't indulge yourselves by eating any soldiers."
The cannibals looked at each other, shrugged, and promised.
One month later the Colonel returned. Gathering the cannibals together, he said, "You're all working very hard and I'm very satisfied with all of you. However, one of our NCOs has disappeared. Do any of you know what happened to him?"
The cannibals all shook their heads 'no' and denied knowing anything about the missing SF NCO.
After the Colonel left to return to Nha Trang and the cannibals had returned to their living quarters, the leader turned to the others and said, "OK - which of you idiots ate the Sergeant?"
A hand raised hesitantly, to which the leader of the cannibals barked, "
You fool! For four weeks we've been eating Lieutenants, Captains, and Majors to our hearts content...and no one noticed anything.
And then YOU had to go and eat an NCO!"
And so it goes...
Richard 