***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 21 - LIVE THREAD***

Multiple ^ | April 9, 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

Operation Iraqi Freedom

This thread is dedicated to the brave men and women of the

 Armed Forces of the United States of America.

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"Wish You Were Here"

For all the free people that still protest.
You're welcome. We protect you and you are protected by the best.
Your voice is strong and loud,
but who will fight for you? No one standing in your crowd.
We are your fathers, brothers, and sons,
wearing the boots and carrying guns.
We are the ones that leave all we own,
to make sure your future is carved in stone.
We are the ones who fight and die,
We might not be able to save the world, Well, at least we try.
We walked the paths to where we are at
and we want no choice other than that.
so when you rally your group to complain,
take a look in the back of your brain.
In order for that flag you love to fly
wars must be fought and young men must die.
We came here to fight for the ones we hold dear.
If that's not respected, we would rather stay here.
So please stop yelling, put down your signs,
and pray for those behind enemy lines.
When the conflict is over and all is well,
be thankful that we chose to go through hell.

Corporal Joshua Miles and all the boys from 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines,
Kuwait 3/9/2003

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Links to the past threads

Day 1	Day 8	Day 15
Day 2	Day 9	Day 16
Day 3	Day 10	Day 17
Day 4	Day 11	Day 18
Day 5	Day 12	Day 19
Day 6	Day 13	Day 20
Day 7	Day 14

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Mhking's live cam links 

Live Video/Audio Feeds: (If you can't reach a feed by clicking on it, make sure to try copying the address, and pasting it in the appropriate browser -- WMV=Windows Media Player; Real=Real Player/RealOne; MP3=WinAmp/Audion/other streaming MP3 player; QT=QuickTime) FR: Final Update: Streaming Video/Audio Links (Includes info & HTML/Javascript code on how to create your own multi-feeds page)
"Mother Of All War Websites" (Additional links to live audio/video feeds)
VirtualTuner.com - Showdown in Iraq
WWI-TV Portal (WorldWide Internet-TV Portal Site)
Abu Dhabi TV (Real - Arabic)
BBC/Baghdad Cam(Real)
BBC News 24 (Real - 56)
BBC News 24 (Real - BB)
CablePulse 24 - Toronto (WMV)
CBS/Baghdad Cam (Real)
CBC RadioOne - Toronto (QT)
CN8 Philadelphia (Real)
CNN+ (Spain) (WMV)
CNN Baghdad Cam (WMV)
CNN Radio (WMV)
CNN via KGW/Portland (Real - mostly down)
DW-TV Berlin (Real - German/English)
IraqiTV (Real)
IraqiTV (WMV - #1)
IraqiTV (WMV - #2)
IraqiTV (WMV - #3)
ITN News Channel - London (Real - Audio Only)
MSNBC/NBC (WMV/Feeds page)
MSNBC (WMV - Audio Only - Headlines & Breaking News)
MSNBC Bagdad Cam (WMV)
N-TV Berlin (Real - In German Where Available)
NTV Baghdad Cam (Real)
NWCN, Seattle/Portland (Real)
Reuters Feedroom (Real - Raw Video Feeds)
Sky News (56K - WMV/Copy/Paste)
Sky News (BB - WMV/Copy-Paste)
SNN6 Sarasota, FL (Real)
WSVN-TV/DT Miami (WMV - Fox Affiliate)

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Cboldt's Goody Bag

Baghdad City Maps

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/baghdad_nima_2003.jpg <-- 1.6 Mb
http://www.stripes.com/02/dec02/baghdad.pdf <-- 440 Kb

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Good Morning.

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Special thanks to Null and Void for keeping these threads running on the weekends, Mo1 for the screamer, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, Ragtime Cowgirl for her Exclusive Live Transcription Service™, Fledermaus for his 15 minutes of fame, and, of course, Belly Girl...

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[angelwings49]

I'm proud to say I pledged today -- quite an inspiring day all around !!

[Solson]

HA! That's great! But it doesn't make me feel old. The balding and the gut is what really makes me feel old. :)

But I'm proud of my body...that's why it's on my homepage. :)

[Petronski]

Oooh oooh, Neil gets to interview the Boss. Careful there, Mr. Cavuto.

[Mo1]

I just want to say a BIG HUGE Thank You to Jim Robinson for starting Free Republic and All the wonder Freepers that have helped through the years to keep this site up and running all these years

Bless you all .. after living through the Clinton Nightmare ... You all have brought sanity back to my world

THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!!!

[Howlin]

LOL. I know I have a pair of Birkenstocks that old!

[ican'tbelieveit]

Wednesday, April 09, 2003
By Neil Cavuto


I want to talk to the French right now and the Germans and the Russians. I want to talk to all those who opposed the liberation of Iraq. I want to show you all something. I want to show you the joyous scene in downtown Baghdad today.

People oppressed. Now people free. People once hopeless. Now hopeful. People you forgot. But we remembered.

If you had things your way, they'd still be under the thumb of a dictator. And you were fine with that. We were not. You had no problem telling them, "live with it." We had a big problem telling them, "get over it."

Look at their faces. See their smiles. And feel their joy, their freedom and their fervor. How do you feel now? Still sure going the extra mile for them wasn't worth it? I don't think they'd agree.

While you were debating, they were suffering. While you were kowtowing to a dictator you knew was an ogre, they were enduring under a dictator they knew was even worse. They lived in huts and tenements. He lived in castles. But that didn't bother you.

They scraped by to get morsels. You skulked by to get contracts. They couldn't realize a penny from the oil that made Saddam rich. You didn't seem to care, as long as it made you rich.

You opted for profit over principle and deals that made a dictator richer and his people poorer. You argued the world had no right to interfere in a sovereign nation. But you won't waste a nanosecond to worm your way into this new nation. Now you want in, when for so long the masses have been kept out.

You are as crass as you are cunning, as phony as you are pathetic.

I ask you to look at their faces. Then look at your own. See the triumph of the human spirit and the coalition soldiers who fought and died for it. Then see your own pathetic selves, who -- even now -- can't come close to appreciating it.

[Dog]

Rupert Murdoch of FOX has gained control of DIRECT TV Satellite System..

[kcvl]

They can't spin this. They were part of the problem not the solution. Again they are on the wrong side of history. They are going to be in the MINORITY for a VERY LONG TIME.

I don't think anyone needs a damn lecture from Levin(or any other liberal scum) on how to treat people.

Writing on the wall..."Democrats need not apply".

[GraniteStateConservative]

Have a trip next April to celebrate the one year anniversary of Iraq's independence. That'll be a good photo-op for sure-- like the hundreds of thousands of former Soviet Bloc people cheering him last year (I think).

[Howlin]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dog]

Newscorp goes global!!!!!!!

[azGOPgal]

No, I didn't hear about that. That is so awesome. President Bush and our troops have done a good job liberating the Iraqi people. I'm so greatful that I'm apart of positive history in the making. I put a tape in the VCR and recorded all of today to maybe one day so my kids. Plus it'll be a good reminder if I ever need to show a lib what we are fighting for.

[Solson]

I saw that. GM sold it's Hughes division to News Corp for $6.6 B!! That's why newscorp stock was going up in the last week...i presume.

[Carolina]

Rupert Murdoch of FOX has gained control of DIRECT TV Satellite System..

Ohh, that's evil....hear the leftist media howl...monopoly...

[Petronski]

First step: Move CNN to satellite channel 666.

[tame]

Man, Powers Booth was great in that movie. Val Kilmer should have received an acabemy award, don't you think?

[Catspaw]

LOL. I know I have a pair of Birkenstocks that old!

If we combine my Icelandic sweater and your Birkenstocks along with some of my hubby's ratty "I'm working on the boat" jeans, we could come up with a *real* outfit, couldn't we :-))

[Capitalism2003]

Come on Freepers...send 10 bucks to FR!

[retrokitten]

Everytime you mention "your picture" I start laughing!

[Fledermaus]

They lived in huts and tenements. He lived in castles. But that didn't bother you.

Typical of Euro-weenies and DemoRats..."we've got ours"!

WTG Neil!