***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.

It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A breif description of what the graphic is would help:

Special thanks to null and void for keeping these running over the weekend and Monday, to all of you for keeping these threads alive, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course, Belly Girl...

[null and void]

Iraq is ... almost the size of France.

hmmmmm...

[SoldiersGirl]

i did follow the thread swap...both of them...lol...I don't know how I ended up back on the day 5 thread....

[carton253]

That would be great... like I said, I come to Free Republic to learn... and formulate opinions... and have those opinions challenged...

Free Republic is great for this...

Have a great day...

[An.American.Expatriate]

Inflamatory Headline Alert

US F-16 FIRES ON ALLIES

[7 x 77]

Howso? I was referring to babies already born.... as well as their mothers. .

I'd love to be wrong, but I don't have a lot of faith in news babes, even FOXY news babes, being pro-life.

[An.American.Expatriate]

NORTH KOREA: THINGS ARE STARTING TO HAPPEN (Summary Report by "AmericanInTokyo") 3/25/03 ^

[GraniteStateConservative]

I think the House budget has been approved. It has the tax cut in it.

[justshe]

Yes.....Billion, thank you.

Now....moving onto my second cup of coffee!

[prairiebreeze]

Thanks for those updates. I haven't heard anything else but will keep an ear out.

Prairie

[section9]

I would give up a lot to have the Gurkha Regiment and the Polish Airborne Regiment.

I understand that political problems with the Nepalese government kept the Gurkhas out of this war. How and ever, I suspect that the war itself is about to play out as we planned.

After some hemming and hawing, I believe that ComCentCom has realized that outfits like the Fedayeen Saddam and the Ba'athist party militia need uncompromising and ruthless action taken against them. As in "shot while trying to escape" or "we saw a load of buses with civilians in them. Our bombs accidentally fell of their racks...". There is only so much nonsense we'll put up with. I also believe that the Brits have had about enough of this nonsense and are about to go out and show the Iraqis the reason why the Royal Army is considered the best in the world.

V Corps is in the process of several days of probing, rest, refitting, and rearming for the final big push. All we have seen so far is aerial degradation of the Baghdad defense line.

Seventh Cav's Remagen Bridge moment occured earlier today. By getting a bridge over the Euphrates, we are able to move laterally and support the advance of First Marines and Third ID. Makes supply a whole hell of a lot easier as well.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[Peach]

Report on separate thread re the Hart building says it was a drill. (no linkage to that statement)

[An.American.Expatriate]

Hart Office Building Evacuated ^

[Warren_Piece]

I never said that America would grovel at Europe's feet. Nor, did I say that we would beg them to come back.

I, too, belive that there is nothing to be gained by being spiteful after the war. However, I have other reasons for not wanting the UN to handle reconstruction. Mainly, THEY'LL SCREW IT UP! The UN is just too ineffective an organization to turn over such a complex and dicey operation to. Under their watch, Iraq would become Balkanized, and the civil war would be almost as bad as having Saddam.

Sure, let the Euroweenies in on reconstruction. As long as they don't get in our way, and as long as the Iraqi people WANT them there.

[Carolina]

An excellent read:

In times of war, the stars don't shine as bright [good anti-war analysis]

They're for peace, which is to say, no principle or belief is worth fighting for. Blasting your body full of heroin is fine. But risking your life for your country? Forget it. The hard-core post-modernists among them go farther: They're contemptuous of the very idea of a fixed principle or an unshakeable belief.

[null and void]

There is so much GOOD we learn from each other on this thread, so let's not let it get into the "T and A" type posts. And each of us can help by monitoring and admonishing if we see it denigrating.

That's why there is a dedicated Belly Girl Thread

[An.American.Expatriate]

Police Arrest Four Men Near Detroit Water Plant ^

[steveegg]

It could be worse.

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Press conference with the father of one of the Apache POWs (David Williams) on Fox News and CNN now.

[An.American.Expatriate]

you have basically summed up my point regarding the UN

[justshe]

And I blessed you when you originally posted that thread. Thanks, null and void!

[Dolphy]

Great point. The sum total of their worldview borders on dangerous...to their own well being.