***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 6 - LIVE THREAD***

Multiple ^ | 25 March 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

Good Morning.

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

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[cyncooper]

I like the embeds so far. These press briefing attendees are shameless fools--whether inate or by intent. (I go with intent, too)

[maquiladora]

Yep, thats it, it's kinda hard to cheer the end of Saddam when there's a bunch of Saddam loyalists in your town ready to kill anyone who doesn't think the right thing. We believe a lot of these fanatics have been sent into the regular forces, thus preventing a lot of the really massive surrenders we were expecting.

If we take out these loyalists, the whole thing will crumble.

[turbocat]

To your point in the long post #1510 - last night I read an old issue of TIME - Feb 17 - essay on Iraq that really gave a big picture of the "theater" of the Middle East. I just spent a while trying to see if I could give a link, but too old.

Much bigger issue than oil and just Iraq - it's a Mideast thing and the dangers of where that entire bed of non-democracy is going.

Anyway - it supports much of what you are saying. It was suprisingly supportive of what we are doing.

[An.American.Expatriate]

New World Disorder Alert

Laws of conflict cut both ways (war criminal trials for treatment of POWs in Iraq and Gitmo?) ^

We all knew this was coming sooner or later . . .

[gortklattu]

They're trucking in water... Count on this: It won't be Evian

[gop212]

Finally, there are some ignorant-ass questions being asked in this presser.

Which is why we are so saddened.

[Carolina]

Q: Kofi has expressed concern for Basra. Question now about Shi'ites not willing to fight because of hostilities with Sunnis.

Renuart: Humanitarian crisis due to Iraq military. Most pressing is water which has begun to flow. Will begin trucking into Basra.

[GOPyouth]

Deeply saddened.

[cyncooper]

Beans or no beans?

:)

[Howlin]

It's like they are searching for ANYTHING bad and reporting it or slanting it.

I swear to you, I'd take the word of ANY person on this thread before I'd listen to another word they say about anything for the rest of my life.

[AppyPappy]

I am deeply saddened by our sadness.

[SoldiersGirl]

beans. I am in Texas after all.

[lysie]

Thanks for the ping.

[steveegg]

That could go without saying, but where's the fun in that?

[Lauratealeaf]

Your deep sadness made me laugh.

[AppyPappy]

Texas is no beans

[Carolina]

They're trucking in water... Count on this: It won't be Evian

Darn right.

[cyncooper]

Now a female reporter claiming we are being drawn in the fight and implies it is not on our terms.

Wasn't she a piece of work?

[steveegg]

But D'Asshole is deeply soddened by our sadness.

[gortklattu]

Do Human Shields work?

After we attack them, no....