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Pentagon sources: U.S. attack on Iraq may be postponed to end of March (Army Radio)
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| 3/3/03
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Posted on 03/03/2003 4:33:54 PM PST by Mark Felton
Pentagon sources: U.S. attack on Iraq may be postponed to end of March, beginning of April (Army Radio)
[This is all that is available on the News Flash at this time].
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraqtimeline; iraqtimetable
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To: Arkinsaw
"When you find yourself in a hole...stop digging! We seem to be waiting because things have gotten more complicated, so
we wait and they get a little more complicated, necessitating that we wait a little longer..... "
Sums things up very nicely!
I think you left out North Korea as not being part of the plan. Especially after today's incident with the EC-135 over the Sea of Japan.
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posted on
03/03/2003 5:53:42 PM PST
by
Milwaukee_Guy
(Having France in NATO, is like taking an accordion deer hunting.......)
To: Arkinsaw
--->Well let me tell you, it is not part of the plan to have Turkey vote us down with the 4th's equipment sitting offshore.<----
I was fine until this. Everything else was impatience. This was a big fat f-up. It makes you wonder if there aren't 10 other ones right around the corner.
To: Thane_Banquo
It's Powell's fault. Tons of people predicted the circus that would ensue if we took it the UN, but Powell wanted to go to the UN anyway. Ugh!
I think the real delay is with the military
They must be telling Bush they just aren't ready
Turkey sure ain't helped
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posted on
03/03/2003 6:01:14 PM PST
by
uncbob
( building tomorrow)
To: Mark Felton
I'm dying to see GWB re-enact the baptism scene from "The Godfather", as he is making a speech about the just nature of the war, the news flaks have to put the inset picture up with shots of the fireworks over Baghdad....
"I do renounce him"
To: Chaos
George W. CARTER
This is turning into a keystone cops operation. There is no coordination, no firm timetables, no ultimatums to turkey or anyone else, and we have ship and troops sitting offshore because turkey is jerking us around. This is Jimmy Carter type weakness and people here and overseas can smell it. Bush,Cheney,Powell, and others better get their act together soon or they'll be one- termers.
The impression that nobody knows what the hell they're doing filters down, and I worry about a very sloppy operation with far to many casualties.
To: Thane_Banquo
I can see the AP story now:
WASHINGTON, DC -- Jan 19, 2005 (AP) -- In his outgoing address to the nation, President Bush said Iraq has missed it's final, last, ultimate chance, and that war is the only option.
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posted on
03/03/2003 6:02:42 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: Siobhan
Two factors overshadow all others in Iraq now. First, Bush is giving domestic groups in Iraq (the Iraq military, the Kurds) additional time to effect regime change by coup d'etat. Second, the positioning of missiles in southern Iraq within striking distance of U.S. forces could become the grounds for a defensive, preemptive strike by the U.S. to avert Iraq's deadly first strike of chemical or biological weapons. Bush has considerable control over the timing of the first, but less over the timing of the second.
At this point, the controversy over Turkey is irrelevant. It does not define the critical path of actions to war. Moreover, the armored ground invasion from the north finds a reasonable substitute in a sustained campaign of merciless, relentless bombing.
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posted on
03/03/2003 6:03:28 PM PST
by
We Happy Few
("we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother;")
To: dware
If we have not gone in by the end of March, I'm changing my voter registration - goodbye PubbiesThe United States waited TWO YEARS after Pearl Harbor before responding. In war strategy, patience is a virtue.
To: this_ol_patriot
The pressure is there that's for sure, while I won't move on the need to remove Saddam
The need to remove Saddam is for his neighbors. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, etc. If we wanted we could right now offer Saddam to pull out and leave him alone in exchange for US companies having the right to deal with oil. He would take it (he has already offered it in fact) and he would not attack us or otherwise bother us.
But he would torture and maim his own people. He would attack his neighbors and attempt to take them over. He would stir up trouble in Turkey. He would eat the Gulf Countries, and he would make Saudi Arabia pay big time.
He could make Europe and Japan and OPEC dance, but we are much less dependent on him and would have rights to his oil anyway if a deal were made.
We are in effect, going to war to support our ungrateful friends and overall general world stability. At some point, you have to wonder if its worth all the abuse. Perhaps at some point the world needs a new dose of American isolationism and view a United States that has the morals and foreign policy of France.
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posted on
03/03/2003 6:08:57 PM PST
by
Arkinsaw
To: T. Jefferson
The United States waited TWO YEARS after Pearl Harbor before responding. In war strategy, patience is a virtue.
Better take a good course in US WWII history
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posted on
03/03/2003 6:09:48 PM PST
by
uncbob
( building tomorrow)
To: T. Jefferson
Well, it's been 12 years and counting for Saddam...
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posted on
03/03/2003 6:10:38 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: T. Jefferson
In war strategy, patience is a virtue.
We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side. I will not wait on events, while dangers gather. I will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons.
George W. Bush, State of the Nation, Jan. 29, 2002
To: uncbob; T. Jefferson
True enough. The first American aircraft carrier offensive in the Pacific theater of war took place on February 1, 1942 - less than two months after Pearl Harbor. The Battle of Midway was about six months after Pearl Harbor, on June 4-5, 1942.
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posted on
03/03/2003 6:14:53 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: AntiGuv
Well, it's been 12 years and counting for Saddam...
Why Not Wait for another 12 years ?, MaybeThe War with Iraq will begin on March 28 - 2015 , with our future President George W Bush (III) or maybe George W Bush (IV)
George W Bush (III) : War within years not Century.
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To: Mark Felton
DEBKA predicted March 27, that may not be too far off...
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posted on
03/03/2003 6:23:01 PM PST
by
ewing
To: ConservativeConvert
Does GWB get any of this feedback from us?
To: Mark Felton
it's a ruse
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To: AntiGuv
The Battle of Midway was about six months after Pearl Harbor, on June 4-5, 1942.Make that seven months. Need to work on the counting thing...
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posted on
03/03/2003 6:27:46 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: Siobhan
arrest of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has changed everything arrest of Khalid Sheikh John Belushi Mohammed will probably lead to some serious intelligence
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posted on
03/03/2003 6:33:43 PM PST
by
alrea
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