[.45MAN]

Ping

[zarf]

Does someone have a megaphone to announce the date and time of the attack? Geesh!

Loose Lips sell papers.

[Mo1]

said a shipping broker familiar with the U.S. military's tendering process.

I'm thinking this dude needs to learn to keep his fat mouth shut

[truth_seeker]

Not a very well guarded secret.

Since the arab-muslim religion/cultures are irrational, it must eventually come to a military defeat for ENOUGH of them, to be convinced.

Diplomacy works better, when concrete, recent examples are laid down. Iraq seems to be intransigent, not willing to heed Afghanistan.

I expect the rest of them (all?) will be willing to take heed, when the recent examples are Afghanistan and Iraq.

Coming to a (war) theater near your region, at the time and place of our chosing. Just as promised. Arabs and muslims need (to be taught) to think like 1945 issue Germans and Japanese.

I seriously doubt they will ever make great cars and video-cameras, however. They cannot even build their own airports, refineries or dams.

To me, it is sort of like a game of seven card stud "high-low" poker. Pretty soon, you can no longer declare "both." Rule change time.

Our military equipment shipments indicate the game is getting interesting; analogous to the US showing some real high up cards.

[SevenDaysInMay]

Perhaps Sen. Lott can budget a couple of Navy transport ships in stead of the porked out, never completed, taxpayer milked, luxury cruise ship rusting away in the shipyard at Pascagoula, Mississippi.

Did anyone ever think that our heavy-lift ship leases would be secret?

[Robert Drobot]

kattracks, I have no problem with your posting this story from the NY Post. I have a real problem with whomever is in the Bush administration who knows what's going on, and is tipping our logistic planning to the media.

Dollar to a donut the weak link sits in the State Department.

Both the weak link and the media ( in this case the NY Post ) are proving they can not be trusted with sensitive information.

The Post needs to plug the leak. Plain and simple. Mail the info to the Sec. of Defense, and let responsible men and women turn some screws.

I'm sick of this yellow backed, sell-out un-American crap.

Suggestion: Return to the original name of what we now call the "Defense Department" - The War Department, and properly name Rumsfield Secretary of War. Tell it like it is to our 'friends', and especially to those who have publicly declared their hatred for every man woman and child in America.

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[cva66snipe]

August 13, 2002 -- The U.S. Navy is seeking to charter a large ship to carry military helicopters and ammunition from the United States to two ports in the Red Sea, shipping brokers said yesterday.

Hey congress where's the ships? National Defense First! All other programs second. Four new flat tops would be a good start along with about 4 LPH's. Oh and built in this decade please. Yes I know the logistics but we could use another shipyard tooled and ready. You'd be suprised what can be done once you set your mind to it. Honest try it.

[Salman]

Loose lips sink ships. Here are some folks who sink ships:

[McGruff]

Oh, I thought this was David Shippers leaking info.

[BlueNgold]

I'm caught between two thoughts:
The first is outrage that the media is publishing items like this ...
The second is that the military is smart enough to only use existing MSC capabilities during a build-up so as not to tip-off the enemy...
Actual plans and thus a security breach? Intentional misinformation? Any thoughts?

[Vermont Lt]

I thought we were using those big black triangular blimp things to do all of the heavy lifting....

Oh wait....that was a secret. Never mind.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

The source of this story has obviously never heard of MPS or the Military Sealift Comand.

[Publius6961]

"It's another big one - 48,000 square feet of helicopters, ammo and assorted rolling stock," said a shipping broker familiar with the U.S. military's tendering process.

I do hope this self-important loser no longer has a job.

I can't believe this is happening...

[humblegunner]

Ping.

[Paradox]

Doesn't anyone else find all this "leaking" more than a bit suspicious? My theory is that this all MAY be a ruse, in order to get old Sodom Hussein to move his military around, make him weaker at home. It also might be a move to scare him underground, while our "agents" watch and record his move..

Just seems to me there is more here than meets the eye...

[dennisw]

Who will sell the satellite imagery to Iraq? That reveals US positions?

China? Russia? The French?

[Cate]

I now know what really happened to Rumsfeld hand. He has been busy slapping these stupid people who are endangering our troops and citizens of the United States.

[cake_crumb]

I remember the first Gulf War. I remember the first President Bush's irritation with the press. Someone in his administration...maybe the president himself...said something to the effect that if the press were allowed free access, all Saddam would have to do in order to know our plans was to "watch CNN."

I would imagine that the current President, as well as the veteran Cabinet members he has surrounded himself with, are well aware of how loose the collective lips of our media are, and keep it in mind always.

Hopefully, this information was allowed by the administration to be published.

Otherwise, we've got to slap some version of a "D" notice on the stupid press.

[1Old Pro]

Of course we are going to invade Iraq. The reason is clear, Saddam will have WMD's soon and will threaten the people of the United States.

This should not surprise anyone except the pro-arab war doves. Yesterday I could hear our National Guardsmen firing large machine guns for hours at their range. Anecdodal evidence of an invasion is widespread for anyone who has their eyes/ears open.

We might just as well prepare for it.

[Petronski]

What is the 'Loose Lips' status of a published report like this? It's already public record, but by linking them all here, do we add value by providing 'one stop shopping' for terrorists?

I'm not protesting your post, only raising a philosophical question.