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***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 10 - LIVE THREAD***
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| 29 Mar 2003
| An.American.Expatriate
Posted on 03/28/2003 8:53:48 PM PST by null and void
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To: Tree of Liberty
Hmmm..... I have not heard anything unusual on the bag cam.
Nik
To: Mr.Crimson
Hehehe, well I'll leave the updates to you for a while. I've got to go back into the wilderness under my bed and hunt dustbunnies.
To: dogbyte12
A reply to another thread in reference to restocking the troops with MRE's. Comparing them to the C-Rations of old.
To: nwpatriot
we avoided MRE's like Anthrax. We usually bought about $100 worth of junk food, and snuck them in an extra duffle bag on our way out to a FX. Spam roasting on a yukon stove is a beautiful thing.
To: dogbyte12
I think the point is they announced it and for some reason wanted it announced. There is a reason for this other than the obvious. The hit to be taken in the Arab street and press is too great unless there is more behind this. At least I hope so.
To: Tree of Liberty
Good luck..... Hope they don't put up much of a fight
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posted on
03/28/2003 9:34:25 PM PST
by
Mr.Crimson
(Burritos over Baghdad!)
To: Tree of Liberty
Leventhal interviewing solider,"I don't llike sitting here in the desert because we are vulnerable, and we need to push on."
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posted on
03/28/2003 9:34:35 PM PST
by
Grenada
To: Cate
I have the same vision from the Gulf of Aqaba.
188
posted on
03/28/2003 9:34:44 PM PST
by
USMA83
To: this_ol_patriot
I think it is very odd to make this big announcement too.
189
posted on
03/28/2003 9:34:44 PM PST
by
Green
To: Nik Naym
Just heard a distant thump on the Bagcam.
To: Green
I know... maybe Jesse Jackson convinced the pentagon that his idea for a ceasefire with Jackson mediating a truce was a good idea. Surely this must be it.
To: dogbyte12
Reporters are the world's greatest idiots. LOL; THE JOKE'S ON THEM!!!! The reporters are being used to tell Saddam Hussein/Regime the "bait" (we're out here in the open, for FOUR TO SIX (CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW) days, running out of food and water........(show mercy on us poor soldiers).....and the press are such idiots, they don't even know they're being used. ROFL!
To: Pro-Bush
Talk about a delay!
193
posted on
03/28/2003 9:36:53 PM PST
by
Mr.Crimson
(Burritos over Baghdad!)
To: merrin
I tend to agree with your post. The administration may slip a little in the PR war. But, let's not forget, this is an ACTUAL war. I hate to say it, because it sounds made up, but I was actually thinking today, "What's the rush?" In the past few days, we've been able to take out portions of the RG simply by staying in place. I'm also not convinced that the enemy has all it's marbles upstairs when it comes to a protracted war plan.
Remember, everyone concedes that the key to this whole conflict will come down to the Battle for Baghdad. Does it make sense to bet all our chips presently, on the heels of making an historic push into this country, at the same time meeting sporadic resistance? I agree with the administration that it might be appropriate to soften them up a little more, make some Iraqi fence-sitters sweat it out a bit, and re-juice our guys/gals.
Decisive victories carry some significance, I understand. However, based on the intensity of the past week, I'm not sure I'm ready, from a battle perspective, for the risks of simply marching straight on in. We as a country made a decision from the beginning to try to liberate these people. In a sense, we're trying to protect them, so that they can experience the freedom that will come with victory.
I've not ruled out the ruse theory, either...
GOD Bless America!
To: Pro-Bush
LMAO!!! Levanthol: "We have missiles called Hellfire and they have missiles called seersucker...you tell me who's gonna win this war!"
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posted on
03/28/2003 9:37:04 PM PST
by
Green
To: Capt_Hank
Do you remember the layer of grease on the Ham & Lima Beans C-Rations. I still shutter thinking about it. And the smell....... Good grief! Those were LIMA BEANS??? Oh, damn...
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posted on
03/28/2003 9:37:13 PM PST
by
Ramius
To: dogbyte12
One slightly off-topic post...there were a couple times when I was in Germany that local folks who lived nearby would bring us out home-cooked food while we were on FX's.
Since my job involved being FAR away from the rest of our unit, it wasn't unusual to enjoy things no one else had access to.
Like beer.
Did I say that?
197
posted on
03/28/2003 9:37:25 PM PST
by
nwpatriot
("Inconceivable!")
One operation I was checking out this pallet on the ramp. I always liked to snoop around the pallets being offloaded from the airlift in case they was something that needed liberating.
Anyhoo, I see these nifty looking new C rats. They're in a funky gold wrapper and marked Army General somebody, VIP.
I gave the buddy who had the AT loader ready the high sign and we loaded us up one of them fine pallets of meals on our 5 ton and off we headed for camp.
Later the MPs questioned us about some hot General who had his private meals ripped off. Thank god we buried all the evidence.
To: Green
Its nice to have some media on the same side of the military for once
199
posted on
03/28/2003 9:38:07 PM PST
by
Mr.Crimson
(Burritos over Baghdad!)
To: nwpatriot
one more slightly off topic... I had a buddy in Alaska, while I was serving up there, who just transferred from Germany. He was baffled the first time he went back stateside, and he couldn't add a beer to his quarter pounder combo like he could at the McDonald's in Germany.
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