Not only that, but apparently there were strange stickers placed on this Texas-plated vehicle found in the terrorist lair. CIA analysts are decoding their meaning as we speak ...
Posted on 11/18/2004 6:05:52 AM PST by Quilla
Thank you, oh Grand Poohbah.
I have long wondered how caliber worked
with reference to naval armaments.
Please explain. I had been under the impression that it was a 'lucky shot' that did in the Hood (e.g. a round landing almost vertically on a gun turret, burrowing down to detonate ammo stores).
Corrections gratefully accepted...
LOL! And how did they get an Explorer across the Atlantic? Last I heard, VW Beetles could float, not Ford Explorers :-)
Who could forget Dan Rather's Texas 'roots'? I live here. Maybe those license plates will be traced to a Kinkos in Texas..if you know what I mean. LOL
"Pray for the death of Zarqawi... I'd rather not see him drag out a show trial like Slobo. The next thing you know, kids on campuses will be wearing Zarqawi T-shirts."
Yes, and the ACLU would be providing the defense at his trial.
you wrote:
"Why? It wasn't a black helicopter with texas plates...."
Just wait awhile..pretty soon the media and the tin foil hat brigade will claim it was that and more...LOL.
Not only that, but apparently there were strange stickers placed on this Texas-plated vehicle found in the terrorist lair. CIA analysts are decoding their meaning as we speak ...
I hope he's killed, too. I can just see a whole mess of idiots (and by idiots, I mean the French government) demanding his life be spared if he's captured alive.
ALl your headquarters belong to us.
Please explain. I had been under the impression that it was a 'lucky shot' that did in the Hood.
Hood was a battlecruiser, not a battleship. It was not as heavily armored as Bismarck. Battlecruisers were never intended to go up against battleships. They were faster than battleships and were supposed to 'run away' if confronted by a battleship. That said, it was a lucky shot.
I can understand the consequences, e.g. if Bismarck's armaments outranged Hood or had more...er...penetrating power. (Makes it sound like the Clinton library, it does).
OTOH, the Fairey(sp) Swordfish (IIRC) were 'obsolete' too, and look at the role they played in the affair. Once in a while either side can get in a lucky shot.
What model Chevrolet Pickup truck was it?
My Cherokee was stolen in Montreal & likely shipped to the Middle-east.
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