***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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[ztiworoh]

Actually, I tried one of the MRE's they're eating in this war now a couple of weeks ago, ham and potatoes was the entree portion, not that bad actually

[Dog]

Where you at??

[mikenola]

Wait,... did we ever find out how Dog's pizza came out??

Inquiring minds.... ;-)

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Maybe I hit the mute button on Greta too soon tonight. Being deprived of details, after days of detailed war coverage, knowing our guys are nearing Baghdad and with American media in anti-American free-fall...I got cranky.

[Mo1]

MSNBC can keep her IMO

[austex]

I know - but at least she isn't as irritating voice and looks wise as gretta....who would make a suitable replacement?

[gop212]

Anyone ready to go AT LARGE?

Geraldo......broadcasting problems. NO!!!!!

I needed the entertainment!

[Professional]

CBS Radio: Chem factory downplaying story... Iraq has many chem factories... blah,blah,blah...

[Dog]

LOL!

[Amelia]

Not that I want to see any harm come to them, or collateral damage from our attack. But "liberation" is way down on my list of priorities for this thing.

I agree, actually.

We can't "liberate" every citizen of every country ruled by dictators, nor should we try.

WMDs and violation of peace treaties are other matters, however.

[P.O.E.]

Ivan does post some of the best articles.

I'm going to be catching some zzzz's. (Work tomorrow - boo!)

Good night all.

[ztiworoh]

But are they all camoflaged and boobytrapped?

[prairiebreeze]

Nothing on CNN or MSNBC about CO.

Brown saying they will air a very brief clip of the POW's.

Also, the CNN update at the top of the hour did NOT specify that the chem plant was confirmed as fertilizers. Just that it had been found.

Prairie

[CharacterCounts]

Iraq has many chem factories...

Guarded by troops?

[BulletBobCo]

Denver ARTCC air traffic control located in Longmont, CO about 50 north of Denver.

[Cboldt]

You might be spot on, that Iraq citizens don't like us. So be it. We free 'em from Saddam and get out of the way, after we disrupt their ability to hit us in the US. This isn't a popularity contest, and we aren't aiming to make religious conversions.

[dogbyte12]

I used to always get those damned freeze dried beef rectangles... it was literally in powdered form, in an about 2 by 3" rectangle, pressed together. You could either skip it, eat it like a cracker, or dunk it in water which didn't help much either. The stuff now though, I hear is much better.

[mhking]

who would make a suitable replacement?

Michelle Malkin; Ann Coulter...

[Professional]

9 Marines dead today, on top of the executed soldiers? CBS radio saying they were ambushed by "surrendering" troops? Has the 9 dead marines story been verified?

[smokeyjon]

"did we ever find out how Dog's pizza came out??"

Gee, thanks...now I'm hungry....(throws pizza in oven)

:)