***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 8 - LIVE THREAD***

Various | 3/27/2003 | Me

[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.

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[Mo1]

Honestly, I thought you were joking when you posted this until I saw the other posts. He is a such a national embarrassment.

when there is free money to hand out .. Jesse is ALWAYS there

[CasearianDaoist]

No, when you get this cr@p make a wager with the fool, the nonsense will soon stop.

[Grenada]

OK, thank you. I didn't know, which is why I asked.

[Howlin]

I believe this is a media-originated rumor as our supply lines are being reported as 'spread thin'.

They all seem to have the same talking points on a daily basis.

[SoldiersGirl]

US ambassador walked out of the Un when the Iraqhole started talking about us exterminating Iraqi's and such.

[Dog]

Very faint thuds in the background..

[retrokitten]

Since we are close to the end of this page, I'm posting a picture.

White smoke rises from a government bulding after it was hit by a missile in Baghdad Thursday, March 27 2003. Coalition forces announced plans Thursday to increase attacks against Iraqi forces in the coming hours and days.(AP Photo/Ali Heider)

[Howlin]

This supply line problem is a strawman the media is throwing out.

We should have kept a list of all the "strawman" talking points.

[SoldiersGirl]

"Very faint thuds in the background.."


Thats the sound you hear when the Blix hits the fan.

[Cboldt]

LOL. This is what happens when one is forced to have lunch with a liberal...I lost my sense of reality:)

LOL. Well, out of all the units in the field, and a very complex deployment, I would not be surprised if a few of our troops have supply inventories that aren't ideal. But they are not at risk in any way shape or form.

You know we're doing well when the only scab the liberals can pick is an irrelevant shortcoming.

[Mo1]

Don't know how true it is .. but Sky News reported the other night that we going to send troops down by the Iran boarder as a precautionary

[AppyPappy]

I hear it better with both cameras going (I don't know why). But you hear a swish and then the thump. It could be a mortar or a 57mm AA gun.

[Dog]

Appy that sounds like artillery...

[not-alone]

FYI, France , via PNN-Paribas bank in Pairs, is the currentr custodian of the $40 billion of Iraqi money earmarked for the oil for food programCan France keep the money if we don't use the UN ? If that program is really investigated maybe they would not have control.

[null and void]

It's really sad. This very area where civilization as we know it started. To see it fall so far.

[SoldiersGirl]

I've you've ever tasted an MRE..one a day is too much.

[Grenada]

Fox pool:Bush favorable 66% Rumsfeld favorable 71%

Yeah!

[Howlin]

BTW, I heard on CNN that that figure of 5 to 10 days to get to Baghdad came from the Iraqis press conference this morning.

You know, the one Saddam didn't attend. :-)

[Centurion2000]

Iraq accused US of trying to exterminate Iraqi people...

If we were trying Baghdad would become East Texas after about 2 days of missile strikes.

[CurlyBill]

What if...the US immediately establishes a temporary government(regional) in Umm Qasr to establish the city. Then the same in Al Nasariyah and then in Basra. Each city as they go...

That would give everyone a tangible result of what we are accomplishing. The psychological benefit from that would be immeasurable. Following that, we knock out Iraqi TV for good, and broadcast scenes from the liberated cities into Baghdad using the same frequency. Watch that reaction!!!