[lavrenti]

God, the fact that Basrah was encircled within 36-hours of entry should be enough for me to believe that this is over.

Iraqis are not Americans. We are masters at pretending we're dead. The Iraqis are just plain dead, dude.

Sorry man, we part ways. My cousin promised me a telephone call from Baghdad on Monday. I expect his call.

[knak]

what?

[Diddle E. Squat]

I hope that you are correct.

But remember, Bush was pulling away in the polls a few days before the 2000 election...

[section9]

Sorry man, we part ways. My cousin promised me a telephone call from Baghdad on Monday. I expect his call.

Dude. Unless we get a super collapse, don't expect that phone call unless it's from a payphone in an outlying suburb.

I do expect the Nebuchadezzar and the Hammurabi divisions to have been invested or destroyed within 48 hours. That will put Seventh Cav and Third ID right up around Saddam International.

101st Air Assault will operate out of Saddam International after it has been overrun by Third ID (probably Seventh Cav).

Baghdad will be flanked on the West by the Third and the 101st. It will be flanked in the east by First Marine Division and elements of UK Seventh Armored Brigade.

Be Seeing You,

Chris