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To: devolve

No, me either. That was always a puzzle to me because we sat and watched all of the beginning of the war and they didn't do anything to stop those trucks.

And you never heard it talked about that much. Remember when they were first going in and the Iraqis coming out on the roads and surrendering? It was a unique experience to sit and watch a war begin, like being there in person but safe!!


77 posted on 01/25/2007 10:29:45 PM PST by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: potlatch

The convoy was not bombed (and that's the only means we had at the moment to stop them) because of the horrendous cleanup which would have been necessary following our victory ... not to mention the world press reagrding 'America's use of muclear and bio dirty bombs' to massacre Iraqis and Syrians. Some realities require compromises which seem antithetical at a later date but which were the right decision at the time. We couldn't afford to kill Russian drivers and guards on the convoys either.


78 posted on 01/25/2007 10:50:28 PM PST by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support. Promote life support for others.)
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