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That's right groupie, I'm a conservative who actually reads and knows the facts. Go back thru archives and find plenty of comments by Rumsfield, Franks and Meyers (they just might know something about the subject) that the military was ready to do whatever the president asked a month ago.

You will also find them saying that having access thru Turkey was preferrable, but they had contingency plans in case that fell thru.

And how do you explain away Bush issuing a Mar 17 deadline with there still no Turkey approval, Mr real conservative, smart guy?

Stop being such a lemming!

That's right groupie, I'm a conservative who actually reads and knows the facts. Go back thru archives and find plenty of comments by Rumsfield, Franks and Meyers (they just might know something about the subject) that the military was ready to do whatever the president asked a month ago. You will also find them saying that having access thru Turkey was preferrable, but they had contingency plans in case that fell thru.

Of course, that means redeploying the shipborne forces from the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, around Arabia and then offloading the men and equipment and deploying them forward - but don't let that little detail get in the way of your attempts to politicize this matter.

And how do you explain away Bush issuing a Mar 17 deadline with there still no Turkey approval, Mr real conservative, smart guy? Stop being such a lemming!

Ah, the last recourse of the cornered Bush-basher - "LEMMING!" "CHEERLEADER!" All you needed for the trifecta was to toss in "BUSHBOT!" Sorry, but I have criticized Bush many times on this forum, so your charges won't stick - but folks hopefully will remember how you have tried to politicize this debate. No one else, other than a troll who is currently suspended, has tried to make political points against Bush, but you sure did.

But back to your pointless point - diplomacy normally consists of a series of deadlines until you have worked out all alternate possibilities. Bush is trying to get his ally Tony Blair as much political cover as possible, and is in turn taking some heat from a few folks who would normally support him. I will debate those folks and understand their impatience, I'd like the military to be rolling now as well. But you, bucko, who uses this matter to make a political point, this ain't the time or the place. The elections are a long ways off, and you'll have plenty of time to spread your slime once this war is over.

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
For the story behind the story...

Sunday, July 14, 2002 10:14 a.m. EDT

Gen. Franks: Military Ready for Iraq Attack

Gen. Tommy Franks, head of the U.S. Central Command, denied late Saturday earlier reports that the military currently doesn't have the force levels and readiness to attack Iraq if President Bush ordered an invasion today.

Gen. Franks suggested the military was prepared for any and all contingencies, during the following exchange with Fox News Channel's Rita Cosby.

COSBY: Would we be ready militarily now if we did go in, hypothetically? Are we physically ready right now militarily?

FRANKS: I think the [Defense] Secretary - as a matter of fact, I think I have said we are prepared to do whatever the president asks us to do.

COSBY: Would we be ready militarily now?

FRANKS: We are prepared to do whatever the president asks us to do. (End of Excerpt)http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2002/7/14/91638