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***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 8 - LIVE THREAD***
Various | 3/27/2003 | Me

Posted on 03/26/2003 9:04:14 PM PST by Centurion2000

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...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; iraqifreedom; war
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To: All
Bingo! I remembered who called it a "cakewalk".

Ken Adelman.
1,901 posted on 03/27/2003 9:18:10 AM PST by Timeout (...an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm--GWB inaugural address)
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To: shattered
I don't think anyone really knows...I can easilyt imagine a scenario with one or two of them deasd, and the other one or two seriously injured, and unable to exert control;...they'd be isolated in a hospital ward, and the fact of their incapacitation would be a closely held secret...and the next 10 or so closest to the throne would be manuevering for power....i.e. you have a condition of perfect chaos.....about the only good thing in this scenario is that I doubt the orders for release of WMD will be issued..
1,902 posted on 03/27/2003 9:19:00 AM PST by ken5050
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To: null and void
My dad told me, that's how you can tell the "Boys from the Boys" who have seen action. It the talkers how didn't see all that much, but the quiet one's were in thick!
1,903 posted on 03/27/2003 9:19:10 AM PST by ncooper777
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To: mtbopfuyn
Tony - 400,000 Iraqi children died of preventable malnutrition last year.

And yet, Tony, there was plenty of money for palace building...

1,904 posted on 03/27/2003 9:19:16 AM PST by null and void
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To: Timeout
Rummy answering questions on MSNBC
1,905 posted on 03/27/2003 9:19:17 AM PST by prairiebreeze (God Bless and Protect the Allied Troops. And their families here at home---they are soldiers too.)
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To: null and void
LOL....'Get the pink outa his skivies"

Nam Vet

1,906 posted on 03/27/2003 9:19:55 AM PST by Nam Vet (When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading)
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To: prairiebreeze; All
Dozens May Be Trapped Inside Manhattan Building After Collapse
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/877321/posts
1,907 posted on 03/27/2003 9:20:06 AM PST by Mo1
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To: rumrunner
That clip of the Apache looked like the same clip from the other day. I could be wrong, but even the empty chambers under the wing were the same I think.
1,908 posted on 03/27/2003 9:20:06 AM PST by GOPyouth (Belly Girl is all that is woman.)
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To: prairiebreeze
I bet Rumsfeld wishes he had a gun.
1,909 posted on 03/27/2003 9:20:35 AM PST by Howlin
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To: prairiebreeze
Rummy talking about a RG ring around BD and Tikrit
1,910 posted on 03/27/2003 9:20:45 AM PST by prairiebreeze (God Bless and Protect the Allied Troops. And their families here at home---they are soldiers too.)
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To: Humbug
Can't blame our guys for trying to push hard for (and thinking that they had a good chance to get) a quick end to the war . . .

I agree that expectations were set high, by the media. The media feeds on ignorance of the public, and this "war" will be a fast one, a quick one. But "fast" and "quick" are relative terms, and the public perception is FORMED by the media. From the professional warrior's perception, this war and it's aftermath WILL be quick. The media's agenda is to weaken USA and it's interests. If that was your agenda, would you admit it?

1,911 posted on 03/27/2003 9:20:45 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Howlin
LOL--I'm sure he's been sorely tempted about carrying one.

Prairie
1,912 posted on 03/27/2003 9:21:11 AM PST by prairiebreeze (God Bless and Protect the Allied Troops. And their families here at home---they are soldiers too.)
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To: null and void
More Rumy on CNBC
1,913 posted on 03/27/2003 9:21:23 AM PST by osires13
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To: Humbug
Excellent analysis. The worldwide financial markets reacted the same way as you explained.
1,914 posted on 03/27/2003 9:21:49 AM PST by Tripleplay
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To: Carolinamom
Christianne in war zone; hubby Rubin in a studio. Possibly irrelevant question, but who is taking care of their baby?

It takes a village...

1,915 posted on 03/27/2003 9:22:10 AM PST by null and void
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To: AFPhys
Before you go...I agree that Bush has never suggested this would be a cakewalk or of short duration. I was merely trying to point out that the initial pronouncements by DOD and CentCom about decapitation, mass surrenders, surrender talks, oil fields secure, etc. just 1-2 days after the "target of opportunity" Wednesday night probably gave them - the press - and also the American people that this would be a short conflict.

I'm not sure what expectations were going in (by the american people that is; many in the punditry were saying it would be swift) but those early days surely raised everyone's expectations. Then came the weekend and people came back down to earth but the press coverage turned decidedly negative, hence the drop in the number of people thinking the war was going well.

I think now people's expectations are more realistic and the american people will probably easily adjust to the fact that this won't be a one week war. The press, however, will not and will push this point relentlessly. In the end though, when we win, it won't matter. All people will remember is that we won, not how long it took or what the press's false expectations were. I'm not trying to defend the press but I can sense how the expectations played out and I believe the DOD and CentCom had a role in that.

1,916 posted on 03/27/2003 9:22:11 AM PST by Wphile (The debate is over. Let's roll!)
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To: Peach
Sweet that the appeasers care that we left Kyoto on the table but don't care about the kids dying.
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Children are way below whales, porpoises, seals, California flies, trees, etc on the scale of relative importance to these appeasers.
1,917 posted on 03/27/2003 9:22:15 AM PST by maica (Home of the FREE because of the BRAVE)
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To: osires13
Rummy was on Capital Hill testifying that we are closer to the beginning than the end of the war

First time I have heard Tikrit mentioned much.

Prairie
1,918 posted on 03/27/2003 9:22:55 AM PST by prairiebreeze (God Bless and Protect the Allied Troops. And their families here at home---they are soldiers too.)
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To: osires13
Now the AJ network is showing pictures of the latest Iraqi victory....they shot down a drone it looks like...

Rummy just said that the RG have surrounded Tikrit......that is news to me.

1,919 posted on 03/27/2003 9:24:21 AM PST by Dog
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To: prairiebreeze
RG ring around BD and Tikrit

Pardon if this is a stupid question.

Is that one big ring encompassing both cities?

Or is it 2 rings, one around each city.

1,920 posted on 03/27/2003 9:24:48 AM PST by Timeout (...an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm--GWB inaugural address)
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