Posted on 11/18/2006 10:15:36 AM PST by PghBaldy
Well said.
Like the proverbial question about where the 800 pound gorilla sits....Anywhere he damned pleases.
What are the four U.S. Carriers doing in the Gulf?
Dessert Storm was indeed a rout. But it was not a WAR won by the total defeat of the enemy with an unconditional surrender.
Dessert Storm ended with a CEASE FIRE, not an unconditional surrender..
The devil is in the details -- and FACTS...
Semper Fi
Watched it on the local news. The sight was extremely impressive.
'specially when Air Force One can be refueled in flight.
Screw em...
Most of the "keyboard warriors" and "Bush Worshipers" in the forum wouldn't recognize a leader if one bit them in the ass.
A "leader" wouldn't stand by while our warriors are used for target practice by an enemy granted sanctuary in neighboring nations who support the enemy and give MAJOR support which contributed to the death of OUR warriors - and NOT deliver a case of kick ass to the sonsuvbitches on THEIR territory..
I haven't read of any smoke or rubble in Syrian, Pakistani or Iranian cities -- have you?
A "leader" would have ordered the "termination with extreme prejudice" of ALL militant "clerics" like Fat Sadr and his shiitehead thugs.. The fact they haven't been fed to the worms, conviced me we had NO PLAN to rid the area of the REAL threat -- ISLAMIC LUNATICS.
Iraq is on the fast track to make Vietnam look like a victory -- unless America begins to fight this as a war for our SURVIVAL, giving NO REGARD to how many of the enemy must be killed to force them back into their TURD World stupor...
A military hammer is useless and no deterrent if it doesn't drive the nails under the surface. Our enemy will NOT hesitate to use ANY weapon available...
Semper Fi
That's for The President of the United States to know, and for Ahmanutjob to worry about.
And of course they are loaded to the gunnels (they do have gunnels, don't they? :) ) with United States Marines and their "toys"
Cue the tiny violins.
I'll cry them a great big crocodile tear.
"Uh, why are we still there then?"
We are not. The war in Kuwait ended in 1991.
"Japan attacked us on December 7th, 1941....Pearl Harbor? USS Arizona?"
Since when is Pearl Harbor international waters?
Since when is an attack by a foreign country peace time?
I suppose somebody has already posted this, but here goes anyway (I'm like Laz, proudly posting without reading the thread since...).
What are the four U.S. Carriers doing in the Gulf?
Anything they want to?
5.56mm
Our uniformed military wouldn't. The information came via a leak from the five sided funny farm, reported by Bill Gertz, who is generally pretty good, and pretty accurate. Might have been deliberate misinformation.
Or the SSK might have sneaked up on batteries. Does seem unlikely though.
I can't even calculate how much useful stuff I learn at FR day after day. Thanks for posting that Torpark link.
Right on all three counts. It's an old picture.
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