[An.American.Expatriate]

Last, but not least . . .

Belly Girl Thread

[An.American.Expatriate]

Happy April Fools Day

[Howlin]

LIVE THREAD PING!!!!

[SamAdams76]

You did it again! Should be Day 13.

[Mo1]

WOW .. you are on it .. GREAT THREAD .. THanks!

[An.American.Expatriate]

Can You please change the titel to DAY 13 - not enough coffee!!

[Senator_Palpatine]

Frontline Poster Girl....

"Support Our Troops"

[An.American.Expatriate]

On the Day 12 Thread you said "Arnett fired, Arnett hired".

Who hired him? Al-Jazeera? The Iraqi Foreign Ministry?

[Centurion2000]

Nice pic ..... traffic ok in Switzerland ?

[TheConservator]

Is there a sucker punch coming from the North?

Fact one: The coalition captured the H2 and H3 airfields in western Iraq on the first day of the war. And they took care to bomb the refueling station that is halfway between Baghdad and the Jordanian border--a target seemingly of no immediate military significance.

Fact two: Since that time, there has been virtually no reporting out of that area. There are also virtually no refugees leaving Iraq for Jordan, although thousands were expected, and the Jordanians built a campt to house them (which remains virtually empty).

Fact three: There are at least elements of a Second Marine Expeditionary force in the middle east. But there has been no reporting regarding the same. For a rare exception, see http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/876640/posts?page=101,3

Fact four: The coalition is now engaging in a series of what are described as probing attacks, which appear to be designed to lure the Republican Guard units north of Baghdad into moving south to reinforce those units south of Baghdad. Recent reports confirm that the Iraqis have in fact been sending these units south.

Speculation: The coalition has assembled a force in western Iraq, north of the H2/H3 airfields. As soon as Centcomm determines that the RG divisions have in fact been drawn south, they will launch an attack from the "spearhead" sufficient to hold their attention/keep them in place. And then the force assembled in western Iraq will pivot round the lakes to the west of Baghdad, and walk in--essentially unopposed--from the north, hitting the Republican Guards in the rear.

This would amount to holding the Republican Guards by the nose, while kicking them in the ass. (George S. Patton). It could lead to the destruction of the Iraqi army as a fighting force in a fairly short period of time, the fall of Baghdad without house to house fighting--everything that the US government could ask for.

Is this possible? Or is it just a figment of my fevered imagination?

I posted this earlier today, but thought it worth reposting in this most excellent thread, for what it is worth.

[AFPhys]

Signing in.

[Proud2BAmerican]

Any threads on FR concerning the recent (today or yesterday I think) friendly fire incident between a U.S. A-10 plane and British ground troops? I think one British soldier was killed, several injured, and one was quoted as being very critical of the A-10 pilot, saying he was acting like a cowboy w/ no regard for human life -- apparently the pilot totally missed the big Union Jack on the military vehicles identifying them as coalition fighters.

[ChadGore]

Baathist

[oceanperch]

Hey my son wants to see what a meal pac looks like can someone post a link to a graphic for us?

[TomGuy]

I got Abu Dhabi TV webcam to load. They are running the CENTCOM Briefing live.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Predictable -- the media at CENTCOM is focused on the 7 civilians shot at the checkpoint and not our relentless advance on Baghdad.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

CENTCOM BRIEFING: Anyone else notice Kelly O'Donnell from NBC News looks good wearing a sweater in profile?

[TomGuy]

hahaha...guy on MSNBC Bagdad webcam #2 had his face stuck in the camera---his morning close-up, I guess.

[egarvue]

bump

[TomGuy]

Significant Bagdad webcam boom, then car alarm.

[TomGuy]

Duct tape Alert!!!! I distinctly hear duct tape being ripped on Bagdad Webcam. Wow! That makes this HUGH.