***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 4 - LIVE THREAD***

Everywhere! | 23 Mar 2003 | An.American.Expatriate

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Good Morning.

This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - LIVE THREAD.

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[commish]

MSNBC guy just said that some places in Baghdad have "Human Sheilds" written on the rooftops. Said it's having NO effect on our bombing

LOL - can JDAMS and Cruise Missles read???

[Wormwood]

OT a little...in my paper today..an article about rules for sending pkgs to the troops..." Do not include any material that could be considered contrary or offensive to the Islamic faith." Really?

Don't send any copies of the Constitution, then.

[Green]

LOL I'm not too sure I'd even know what those offensive things might be.

[muslims=borg]

Irresistable to the same sex of course....

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

So pork rinds and porn are out of the question I guess?

[Wavyhill]

We didn't before they jeered at the murder of our POW's. They are not human, and as such they are fair "game."

[Mo1]

MSNBC guy just said that some places in Baghdad have "Human Sheilds" written on the rooftops. Said it's having NO effect on our bombing. (good)

I didn't know tomahawk missiles could read?

[Petronski]

MSNBC guy just said that some places in Baghdad have "Human Sheilds" written on the rooftops. Said it's having NO effect on our bombing. (good)

Someone should tell them that our munitions all have 'Explosives: Stand Clear' written on them, but this is having no effect on the human shields.

[Consort]

Hackworth is bashing our troops on Larry King. Says the death toll is 3 or 4 times what was reported.

[Peach]

Greta just said "we expected them (Iraqis) to greet us in Basra and be happy to see us and throw their arms around us". She gets it. Wonder if she'd understand if she still worked at CNN?

[gop212]

A NY POST columnist called Christianne Amanpour the war slut. Rupert Murdoch had to apologize to her.

[Cboldt]

Yes, really. The world is complex, and military action does not want any distraction, even righteous distraction.

[Green]

OMG Hackworth. I was just thinking today how glad I am not to have seen him surface yet. He really gets my blood pressure up.

[knak]

we don't have "wars" at FR, not with "them" anyway. Just let them wallow in their own sorry misery.

[Wavyhill]

No kidding. I have noticed that homos make up at least 80% of left-wing activists.

[Nam Vet]

We don't do what those idiots accuse us of doing. You gonna come up with anything else odd? If no, then welcome. If disruptor, ya won't last long.

Nam Vet

[Mo1]

Bad idea

[commish]

OT a little...in my paper today..an article about rules for sending pkgs to the troops..." Do not include any material that could be considered contrary or offensive to the Islamic faith." Really?

This is SOP -- when I was assigned OS they had instructions for us to give to family and friends of what to send and what not to send. Basically anything that would offend the Indiginous culture.

We are trained to consider ourselves guests in the country and as such must act in accordance with and with respect for local customs.

You know, the stuff that they don't give a SH*T about when they come to our country.

[pitinkie]

Send them anyway!