***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 14 - LIVE THREAD***

[Jaded]

Let me guess, the media and the lefties still don't believe how evil this regime is?

[retrokitten]

I know I say this everyday, but you are good! Thanks on behalf of the cubicle bound!

[TeleStraightShooter]

On CNN:

A Concrete Mural of Saddam scrawled with Grafitti:

Mean People Suck

[nicmarlo]

I know I say this everyday, but you are good! Thanks on behalf of the cubicle bound!

As do I (even for letting me accidentally oversleep on Sunday a.m. : ) Thanks, again, Ragtime!

[Lauratealeaf]

Let me guess, the media and the lefties still don't believe how evil this regime is?

Makes you wonder about what lies deep in their souls doesn't it.

[Krodg]

Why did you post pictures of a true hero after a picture of one of her supporters?

"Belly girl" should be admired for her support of our troops, anything more should be saved for late night humor. I'm patriotic too, but you'd never see my picture posted before that of a dear Marine I pray constantly for.

When you can show a real picture of your hero carrying more than a sign....maybe she'll get respect outside of the small following she has on this board.

[Dog]

Linda Vester just reported that Saddam was just shown on Iraqi TV ....laughing and joking....as his armies are getting mauled..

He's dead ,Jim!

[ArneFufkin]

Bob, this is not my pipe dream ... the Bush Administration has a plan for the post-War management and reconstruction that is as meticulously detailed, resourced and bold as is this War plan. Tony Blair has described it in detail to his ministers, and it is going to be an American production with partnership from all those folks who make up the coalition of the willing. The U.N. doesn't have a dog in this fight, not while we are ferreting out every little storehouse of something else that's lethal and nasty and getting Iraq's oil infrastructure to its productive potential. The U.N. is not invited to this party, and the French, Canadians, Russians, Germans and Chinese can beat it too. Australia gets engineering contracts, the Spanish and Italians and East Europeans get agricultural, lumber, manufacturing and construction gigs, the Brits get what they need and American contractors and blue collar guys get some work too.

There is a resource to finance this construction ... which is ... about 7-8 million barrels a day of oil production, some experts say. WHOA! If these poor Iraqi bastards only knew how rich they're gonna be in about 5 years, they might stop blowing us up at check points.

By the way, I embrace every moral right to take the amount we've spent in this war and subsequent reconstruction off the top of the oil proceeds we're going to create for the new Iraqi society. If we spend $70 billion ... well, we get a direct payback from oil sales and a damn good deal on oil for Americans until we're even. At 6 million barrels a day production ... $20 a barrel ... Iraq will be generating $120 million per day, which is $3.6 billion per month and $45 billion per year in oil revenue. That'll work nicely over their 22 million person population ... that's $20,000 per person!

They can pay us back $10 billion a year till we're cool. They probably know not to screw us, we've memorized their address and we've proven that we're not afraid to stop on by if necessary! LOL

First things first, but Bush will make the dismal left wing saboteurs gag on their prediction that we will win the war and lose the peace. A free, vibrant and secure Iraq will ignite historic political and societal change in the despotic regimes of every dungeon-laden torture hole in that oppressive and violent region. And ... how could it possibly be negative change?

[Howlin]

Captured back?

Does he think she will be re-captured by the Iraqis?

[Lauratealeaf]

On CNN:

A Concrete Mural of Saddam scrawled with Grafitti:

Mean People Suck

Bet that really gets them. Usually I see that little kernel of wisdom on the bumpers of lefties' cars.

[Consort]

Thanks on behalf of the cubicle bound!

Those who are bound by cubicles, carrels, compartments, coops, cubbyholes, chambers, and cotes shall rise up some day and take their rightful places in society.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Major Garrett: Re, the rescue of Jessica - "Bret (Baier) and I function as a team. Yes, it was an original piece of CIA intelligence..that early tip....Saddam Hussein Hospital..created plan....diversionary tactics...fired on going in and out...very good piece of CIA intel...."

[mwl1]

Good analysis. Small but important item in yesterday's Wall Street Journal... we've let $1.6 billion in Iraqi reconstruction contracts, all to US firms... Mitch Daniels of OMB quoted that Iraqi assets (oil $$$ and frozen/tainted assets) are gonna have to finance both the war and reconstruction... he would not say this without approval from above... this will make the full tax cut possible.

[Mustang]

Victoria is fantastic. It's great to hear her use those strong terms (every military person, active or retired, are familiar with'em) toward those press nitwits, i.e., "let me push back to you that question" and "let me calibrate you"...

Translated in means: "You don't know WTF you're talking about"...."let me help you pull your head out of your ass"...

Torie is one smart, sexy, sharp "gal"...

Mustang sends.

[Poser]

Geeze! I go out for a bike ride, come back, and Martha Stewart is broadcasting for Fox! What's up with that?

[Howlin]

Iraq has reserves of 112.5 billion barrels, second to Saudi Arabia.

In 2002, it pumped 1.5 million barrels per day, far less than the 3.5 million barrels it produced before the first gulf war.

According to The History Channel, Saddam and Iraq make 40 million dollars a DAY from oil, not counting the graft, of course.

[Inspectorette]

Thanks on behalf of the cubicle bound!

Dittos!!!

[Route66]

'It's possible that the report is true. The Iraqi army may have murdered the other POW's, kept her for fun, but then gotten nervous about their long-term prospects when it became obvious they were going to lose the war. So, they just got the hell out of there, and left her behind.

It may be complete b.s., too. I'm just saying that we can't conclude one way or the other yet.'
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I believe it's possible that it is some truth in this report. We have to note that she was not in the original video that showed the dead and POWs Leading to the possibility that she was separated out into other hands early on. While it may well be possible there were hospital personnel who tried to care for her, we also found other dead US military there and we were told the Iraqi military used this place as a base and unless we have been completely lied to by our officials, I sincerely doubt the story could be quite as benign as this reporter made it out to be. I will be very interested to see more on this story.
[I just saw a FOX report that reported this: - they fought their way into the hospital -found a normal hospital atmosphere where they took our soldier, and then had to fight their way out.]

[thedugal]

obviously a clever bunch.. they got the swastika wrong. the swastika is a perversion of an ancient symbol from several cultures around the world. traditionally it turns clockwise, (sunwise) and is a symbol of the order of the universe. Hitler twisted the symbol so it turned counterclockwise.

the defacing is horrendous, but it not only shows the depravity of the antiwar crowd, but also their ignorance...

[Nam Vet]

".....disappointed at the strategy "chosen" by the RG."

The R.G. might have done a little better if they used 'STRATEGERY' instead, but I highly doubt it.

Nam Vet