[ExSoldier]

"I read somewhere that the US was going to turn Iraq into the worlds communication center."

You know the Biblical history of Iraq, correct? I'm right in the middle of the Left Behind series of books. New Babylon is the capital of the world, in the books. Right outside Baghdad.

BTW, I have had many friends who were stationed in SK over the years. Do you have any idea of the logistical support needed to keep an infantry division of 17,000 + folks supplied in that environment? The number of troops and units in that theatre of operations is no secret, except for the SpecOps presence and that is tiny compared to the conventional folks there. Plus, remember that America is assigned a sector to patrol of the DMZ and we're not alone. Besides SK there are other UN units assigned to "keep the peace." the reality is that we're not there to deter the NK's from coming south, but to keep the SK's from going north! The troops actually on the DMZ are not powerful enough to stop any attack unless they use nuke artillery and that would have to be okayed all the way to DC. No time. No, their function is to give a warning to the meat of the units in the south. They get to "Yell BANG and die."

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

You know the Biblical history of Iraq, correct? I'm right in the middle of the Left Behind series of books. New Babylon is the capital of the world, in the books. Right outside Baghdad.

YES good series whether it is factual or not. It get's people to thinking. Have the whole thing on tape. We will be on Daniel 7 in the next few days starting the vision of the four beast on Quix site...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1157571/posts?q=1&&page=301

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Besides SK there are other UN units assigned to "keep the peace." the reality is that we're not there to deter the NK's from coming south, but to keep the SK's from going north! The troops actually on the DMZ are not powerful enough to stop any attack unless they use nuke artillery and that would have to be okayed all the way to DC. No time. No, their function is to give a warning to the meat of the units in the south. They get to "Yell BANG and die."

Every once in a while I see an article where they shoot at each other on the border. After all these years we still have to babysit all these folks? Is that just a little mind blowing or is it just me? Maybe we are trying to take over the world!