***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 19 - LIVE THREAD***

Multiple ^ | April 7, 2003 | Various

[Fast5]

FYI, Tep Kopple on ABC tv now, giving a report.

[Dolphy]

Schwartzkoff also said that occupation may be worse than the war itself....that's what worries me...

This worries me as well, but what we don't know is the resolve of the liberated Iraqis. I don't think they will take kindly to disruptors, especially those who claim to be entering Iraq for the purpose of jihad. This is why I think Rumsfeld is right in pushing for the beginning of self government, in whatever areas they are able, as soon as possible.

[null and void]

(BTW the word "vaccination" comes from the old vaccinia, the name for smallpox).

Vacca = Latin for cow. A deliberate cowpox infection was used to protect against smallpox, which has a similar protein coat. Hence "vacca"nation.

BTW there is an extensive body of literature refering to milking girls as being especially attractive. They would catch nonscarring cowpox in the course of their duties, and thereby avoid the disfiguring scars of smallpox...

[TomGuy]

Was going to watch that ABC special...until I discovered Koppel was narrating. Had stomach problems all day...didn't need more.

[Dog]

Col Hunt on Fox.....thinks tomorrow we take out Baghdad Bob...

[fellowpatriot]

You wouldn't want a dark colored car in the desert as dark colors absorb the heat, while white reflects it. Ask anyone who lives in Florida (my parents do and they also have a white car).

[Dog]

Airplanes over Baghdad..

[prairiebreeze]

I have found the BEST pix about war showers! Hesitant to post it though, cause I don't want anybody to say it's obscene. It really isn't. What do you think should I post it?

Prairie

[Howlin]

Oh, go ahead!

[texasbluebell]

Yes, O'Reilly says tomorrow could be his day of reckoning.

Col. Hunt says the only reason we didn't get him today was because of the civilian reporters standing around him...

I'm gonna miss old Bob.

[TomGuy]

I have found the BEST pix about war showers! Hesitant to post it though, cause I don't want anybody to say it's obscene. It really isn't. What do you think should I post it?

I thought about searching out one an titling it The Mother of All Showers at Saddam's Palace....but didn't.

You might post the link with a "caution" rather than the actual pic.

[commish]

Actually I'm thinking Bob may have had his sleep interrupted overnight. heheheheh

[commish]

ahhh the sound of freedom crossing the night skyin Baghdad.

[Timeout]

OMG, I can't stay up all night again! Better get a nap now...our guys seem to prefer about 10PM CST.

I guess planes are up there all night now, protecting our precious assets in their lodgements!

[Dog]

Listen to the planes over BAG....

[Dolphy]

I'd say go ahead, but I don't have good intuition or a way with words today:)

[oceanview]

The "inside information" from Hunt about the Saddam strike is baffling. The CIA "burns" their mole on the decapitation strike, yet we don't conduct a secondary strike on the target to attack the "rescue" personnel as they pulled the people from the bunker, one of whom is supposedly a wounded Saddam? When a few more cruise missiles a couple of hours after the attack could have cinched it? Doesn't pass the smell test to me.

[knak]

yeah

[mystery-ak]

Don't worry about ol Bob, he'll live forever on SNL.

[bornintexas]

Koppell trying to justify Al Jazzera's showing of the dead soldiers with bullets through their heads.....his reasoning is that "they, meaning abc) had showed dead iraqi's and others in previous wars. So, it's ok with him because you need to show how "bad" war is to people.