Boston Globe Online / Nation | World / Army training posts have met the enemy, and it is kudzu

Oh, god, kudzu. Trust me, if you don't have to deal with this, you're lucky. This stuff, it just grows. It loves the southern climate, nothing around here eats it, and it's almost impossible to eradicate. Left alone long enough, it will cover houses. And now it turns out that the Army can't deal with it either. Tanks can't move over it.

The Agriculture Department recommended people plant the stuff back in the thirties. They were completely insane then.