Posted on 09/16/2001 10:33:34 AM PDT by Clinton's a liar
I pray he is just blowing smoke. Bodkansky is scaring the bejeezus out of me -- when combined with the folks saying there's no known connection.
Yes, it does, my friend. So good to "see" you. You've got FRail.
And, most importantly, they thought Saddam Hussein was going to attack Saudi Arabia. If you don't think that's true, why are US troops still there?
Nothing else makes as much sense.
BTW, do I recall your involvement in the military reserves?
Her new name is so ironic. Interesting that she didn't start using this screenname until 9/11. Her Arabic name became less useful that day.
KEY EVENT... the coming of the elder king of Saudi Arabia and protector of MECCA and Medina, BACK to the country as WE wisked him away at the first hint of trouble... The saud regime IS a primary focus of bin laden's hatred... and the fact that the Saudis have REQUESTED that WE defend their most holy sites from the likes of Sad Amm Insane and osami ben crazy... tells us a LOT about what is going on BEHIND the scenes.
"The Saudis have demanded we NOT use their bases for strikes against other arab nations" ... riiggght. FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION. The saud family is writing out checks for oil and tactical nukes for our immediate use, I am betting... all the while condemning us for this or that...
Back channel they are probably whining to US and to Israel through their intermediaries in Jordan... "SAVE OUR ASSES, Iran and Iraq hired Ben inhalin to destroy our protectorate over the two most holy sites to the "faithful" muslims... " Why else is gasoline NOT 8 dollars a gallon?
Even with the "dream team" in washington dc... and the hotest Deltas and SAS forces on earth on the ground.. this is a real mess... and we are going to get bloody. We may win... but we will get bloody.
God help us kill the snakes.
This radical muslim "thing" has "hydra" written all over it. Too many writhing, venemous heads, and not enough blades to sever them all at once.. at least not yet.
Anybody who believes that al queda is the alpha and omega of this "war on terror" that we have just engaged upon, probably believes the BARNEY the dino, is a real animal too. You don't send 5-7 carrier groups, with 30-50 thousand men on an initial deployment, to take out less than 100 tanks and a few dozen "supersonic" capable jets... and four or five sam missile sites.... that is about three hours of work for ONE carrier, not four or five american and one or two British ones... And hey that does not include the other type of naval groups that would exceed the 5-7 carrier groups we already KNOW about from pentagon reports....
HOW many carrier groups did we use in the gulf war? NOT THAT MANY.
I think MORE than Afganistan and Iraq is up. I suspect we have been prepared for WMD, and mushroom parties.... hang on to your lead-lined jockey shorts.
I'm hearing on MSNBC that the Northern Alliance is saying that the attack by the US-led coalition will come within hours. We shall see.
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