Big Military Strike Not Soon Expected

Associated Press ^ | 10-5-01 | PAULINE JELINEK

[MichelleWSC]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Administration and European officials are signaling that a major military action may not come anytime soon, even as U.S. troops, warplanes and ships gather in the Gulf region.

Meanwhile, Taliban soldiers were reported Friday to be taking heavy weapons into the mountains of Afghanistan to await an assault.

There were growing signs that the coalition the United States is assembling for the anti-terrorism campaign is still struggling to decide exactly what to do

[MichelleWSC]

Everyday it looks more clearer that Bush is going to do nothing!

[Illbay]

Right now it appears you have "nothing" in your cranium.

[Heisenburger]

Dammit. This is what we get for having peacenik Powell as Secretary of State. If Bush does nothing, he must be impeached

[dirtboy]

Everyday it looks more clearer that Bush is going to do nothing!

Yeah, I bet folks 3 weeks after Pearl Harbor were saying the same about FDR. Where did you get YOUR military expertise, Michelle?

[Cool Guy]

With Ramadan around the corner and winter going to set in, the longer we wait, the tougher it is going to be.

[SGCOS]

Patience dear, patience.

[dirtboy]

If Bush does nothing, he must be impeached

Go sit on a block of ice. I guess you forget all the times that the American military screwed up by reacting too quickly or by bowing to popular opinion.

[america-rules]

We were bombing them two weeks ago, one week ago, three days ago, last weekend, now not for a long time or never.

This is all warfare that most of us have never seen.

"We will hit them on a time we choose" GWB

[dirtboy]

With Ramadan around the corner and winter going to set in, the longer we wait, the tougher it is going to be.

Then we wait for spring. Muslims are patient. We must be also, or else they can use our impatience against us.

[RasterMaster]

May wish to check your facts over the weekend. We are ALREADY there.

[Renatus]

President Bush is simply trying to prove that he is "Joe Cool,"

[cmsgop]

"It Will be Done on Our Timetable Not Theirs"

Keep That in Mind.....

[madison46]

There were growing signs that the coalition the United States is assembling for the anti-terrorism campaign is still struggling to decide exactly what to do

Good to see we are spending time building this coalition and that this coalition is dictating our actions.

[Liberals are Evil Socialists!]

I sure hope we don't announce our counter-attack. Possibly, this current climate is being laid out for a reason. But none of us knows if we ahve the real target in sight or just imaginary. Also, we may need to prepare for the backlash. Something that will take years and much much tougher acts to accomplish properly.

[xm177e2]

Right now it appears you have "nothing" in your cranium.

If Illbay criticizes you for saying it, it MUST be true!

Bush wants a "coalition" with states that currently support terror, in the hopes they'll swear it off. He wants to make them his friends rather than declare them to be the enemy. They are already trying to stall him, they asked him not to attack, now they are attending some big Islamic conference, which they will draw out as long as possible, asking Bush not to take action until they're done. They'll release their results, which will be: 1)they are saddened by the attack on America 2)they don't like Bin Laden 3)they would be glad to help us fight terrorism. Of course, they'll be lying through their teeth. They WON'T help us find terrorists, they'll just continue to stall and obfuscate. And Bush will sit patiently, waiting for them to give him permission to attack.

[riri]

In the mean time, how many visas are being issued from friendly and non friendly muslim countries each day? How many potential terrorists are being let into the country each day, bringing with them god only knows...

[Jay W]

You are overreacting to an article that is not a news article at all. It says officials are "signaling" that a big military strike may not happen soon.

Pardon me, but that tells me nothing. You don't know who the officials are, how high up they are, whether they have information or disinformation or what they actually said. What were their signals, semaphore flags?

Likewise, what does "big military strike" mean?

The article is nonnews.

[SunStar]

Everyday it looks more clearer that Bush is going to do nothing!

Yeah, sure. Keep dreaming. This is just more timber for the "Bush is going to wimp-out" crowd. Same argument, new thread.

[madison46]

Yeah, I bet folks 3 weeks after Pearl Harbor were saying the same about FDR. Where did you get YOUR military expertise, Michelle

But back then we weren't worried about a 'coalition building' exercise to act...nor were we waiting because we wanted to. We were forced to wait....

[maquiladora]

Earlier, the French Defence Minister said it would be weeks before any offensive would begin.