[CatOwner]

I know that we here on FR have been on edge about this war (or should I say the delay in its start), but think about the troops that have been stationed in the Middle East for the last several months. Amazing!

[Conservababe]

Rush had an interesting caller today. He said that the longer troops can remain there, the better to aclimate to the weather.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I know that we here on FR have been on edge about this war (or should I say the delay in its start), but think about the troops that have been stationed in the Middle East for the last several months. Amazing!

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.

[mikegi]

I know that we here on FR have been on edge about this war (or should I say the delay in its start), but think about the troops that have been stationed in the Middle East for the last several months. Amazing!

I wonder. I don't have any military experience and certainly no war experience. I have worked on a couple of high media attention (especially in the trade press but also in the regular media) software projects and wasn't the slightest bit on nervous while doing the development work. It was only in the time between going golden (ie. to manufacturing) and general release that butterflies started.

I can't help but think something similar is going on with our troops. They're busy getting their stuff together, training, going over plans, fighting off periods of boredom, etc. I imagine the butterflies will start fluttering bigtime between the time Bush gives the real Ultimatum(TM) and the war starts. That's when the "what did I forget" and "please don't let me f*** up" will start.