***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...

[Carolina]

Here we go with Basra uprising...

Rummy: What's going on is that Coalition came in from the South bypassed Basra. Brits have task of cleaning up. Fedayeen moving into Basra pretending to surrender....Uprising not against the US. Saddamn's people shooting people who are trying to surrender.

[Sacajaweau]

I have no doubt. The winter of last year (and I'm an Upstate New Yorker) was wonderful. The warm sunny days kept our spirits up and permitted the WTC cleanup to continue without delay.

[this_ol_patriot]

Oh boy he gettin wound up now.. Sipping water ah that's better. Man this is a Rolaids moment.

[P.O.E.]

More Q&A:

Press still harping on "difficulties".

Do they just ask questions? I mean, do they listen at all to the answers?

[ChewedGum]

Finally caught up on this thread! I understand about serious/unserious and can really see both sides. Honestly, a thread like this hits news lulls and people need a break from the brutal reality which is War - so I don't have a problem with a little levity to help us unstress. But I also see the point of people who are not in the mood for that.

Here is my compromise: Earlier someone aluded to 'Amish Belly Girl' which set me off on a tangent all morning. I'm not going to bother this thread with it, but I did add my $0.02 to the Belly Girl Thread.

Gum

[prairiebreeze]

WAnts to know if Rumsfeld hasnt' done a good job in giving public and idea of what to expect?

dumb CNN reporter I think

Prairie

[cyncooper]

Rumsfeld taking him to school

And then Myers.

Rumsfeld and Myers say we are on track, despite the medias' attempt to portray it as otherwise.

Question about Basrah uprising. Report of British coalition member killed.

Rumsfeld: Coalition forces came from south. Fedayeen and Saddam "people", more like terrorists, and are not threat to this campaign. Terrorist-type threat. Until regime is changed and Saddam gone these dead-enders will be down there. Rumsfeld felt implication of question was uprising again U.S. and coalition, it is not and they are rising up against Saddam's people and it takes a "whale of a lot of courage".

[Dog]

Reporter questions Rummy about managing peoples expections...

[Lonely NY Conservative]

They aren't that selective. They fry all electronics within a mile radius.

Understood, but it doesn't seem like turning off the lights over a few square blocks in Baghdad would cause a humanitarian disaster for the civilian population, getting Iraqi propaganda off the air would be worth it, and we could transmit from the air after we take Baghdad until we get replacement parts into the TV station.

[scriblett]

According to this left wing rhetoric, the US has dropped cluster bombs on Iraq laced with radioactive waste:

can anyone here confirm or deny and give a link...ASAP
http://discuss.50plus.com/ubb/Forum46/HTML/000887.html

[justshe]

Please define: Normal life. :-)

[knak]

what's all the noise on msnbc cam? wind again?

[Carolina]

Hahaha. Rummy saying he can't control retired military being analysts. Anyone who has a sense about what's taking places recognizes the complexities of this. These things are not done easily.

[Miss Marple]

Would you say you have not quite adequately managed the expectations of the American people? (Miss Marple throws pillow at TV.) Rummy is brining up the quagmore story from Afghanistan. Says he can't control what people say, and if they choose to say it often enough some people begin to believe it is true. We don't shoot people with wrong stories, unlike Iraq. (Ha!) Complexity of this effort should be obvious to most people.

[this_ol_patriot]

Taking them to school on what we do and what Iraqi's do like shooting their own people, we don't shoot ours. (Why me Lord look)

[prairiebreeze]

With all due respect, I won't waste my time trying to refute ignorant drivel from the left. Just not worth the time.

FRegards,

Prairie

[scriblett]

Agreed, but they are getting up my nose

[prairiebreeze]

Rummy's answer was Excellent to that, I agree. Said if people here stuff enough they begin to believe it even if it isn't true.

Now he's talking about the Movietones that used to give the weeks news summary of the war.

Prairie

[Solson]

so blow it and move on. :)

[Sacajaweau]

Rummy chewing out the Media!!