[FreeReign]

Prior to the start of "Desert Storm", many troops had been in place for almost five months. The significant diference is that the Desert Storm ground offensive commenced on February 24. We are waiting WAY too long this time. Thank you Colin Powell and our European "Allies". We WILL remeber this.

The president is responsible for any decision to wait -- not the secretary of state or our allies. At this point I believe there are many factors that we don't know about that went into the president's decision.

BTW, the weather forecast for the next seven days in Bagdad is as follows;

Scattered Clouds. High: 71° F. / 22° C. Friday Night Scattered Clouds. Low: 42° F. / 6° C. Saturday Scattered Clouds. High: 75° F. / 24° C. Saturday Night Clear. Low: 46° F. / 8° C. Sunday Scattered Clouds. High: 80° F. / 27° C. Sunday Night Clear. Low: 50° F. / 10° C. Monday Clear. High: 80° F. / 27° C. Monday Night Scattered Clouds. Low: 55° F. / 13° C. Tuesday Scattered Clouds. High: 78° F. / 26° C. Tuesday Night Scattered Clouds. Low: 46° F. / 8° C. Wednesday Scattered Clouds. High: 73° F. / 23° C. Wednesday Night Scattered Clouds. Low: 42° F. / 6° C. Thursday Scattered Clouds. High: 66° F. / 19° C. Thursday Night Scattered Clouds. Low: 41° F. / 5° C.

[First_Salute]

Bump.

[AntiGuv]

If you're looking to evaluate the weather situation for the beginning stages of the war, then you would want to keep track of the forecast for Kuwait City & Basra rather than Baghdad. Any initial biochem attack would take place under those circumstances, rather than the prevailing weather in Baghdad. As such, this is the next 6 days forecast for Basra:

Saturday
Clear. High: 78° F. / 26° C.

Saturday Night
Clear. Low: 50° F. / 10° C.

Sunday
Clear. High: 82° F. / 28° C.

Sunday Night
Clear. Low: 50° F. / 10° C.

Monday
Clear. High: 84° F. / 29° C.

Monday Night
Clear. Low: 53° F. / 12° C.

Tuesday
Scattered Clouds. High: 87° F. / 31° C.

Tuesday Night
Scattered Clouds. Low: 62° F. / 17° C.

Wednesday
Scattered Clouds. High: 87° F. / 31° C.

Wednesday Night
Scattered Clouds. Low: 50° F. / 10° C.

Thursday
Scattered Clouds. High: 73° F. / 23° C.

Thursday Night
Scattered Clouds. Low: 46° F. / 8° C.

[TexKat]

The president is responsible for any decision to wait -- not the secretary of state or our allies.

Thank you.