Operation Iraqi Freedom - Day 1 - LIVE THREAD

20 March 2003 | An.American.Expatriate

[An.American.Expatriate]

This is a thread to collect all the breaking stories regarding the Libration of Iraq

[Tree of Liberty]

I presume that's excluding the two oil production plants they shut down last week?

[An.American.Expatriate]

Of course it´s mildly. :-) I don´t want to look like someone who supports these anti-Bush rallies.

LOL

[Jackie-O]

LOL!!

[steveegg]

I presume that's excluding the two oil production plants they shut down last week?

Probably a safe assumption. I didn't know about that, and the report didn't mention it one way or the other.

[Tree of Liberty]

Well, fact is that the average Marine is 22.5 years old.

[E Rocc]

Tear gas used to clear Key Bridge of protesters.

I bet a mixture of liquid soap and flea powder would be equally effective.

-Eric

[Norman Arbuthnot]

One of the FOX embeds is with the Marine's spearhead unit.

That's Rick Leventhal with the 1st Marine 3rd LAR. I think he's doing a pretty good job. His reports are usually concise and informative.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Haven't those idiots heard about the guy that fell to his death yesterday on the GG Bridge?"

Good Point in case they missed it I will give them an update on the score:

Bulldozers/Bridge team 2

Protetors/Human Shields team 0

[Tree of Liberty]

There's one plant that's right on the Iraqi boarder, and another one near the gulf. Both were shut down last week so that any damage to them wouldn't cause serious environmental damage.

[Michael81Dus]

The UN really need to be reformed. I believe in the necessity of such an organisation, because it´s a way to keep peoples and governments in contact who wouldn´t talk to each other. The UN also do much to improve situations of the underdeveloped countries.

France a grave digger? Yeah, it is. France isn´t worth to be a permanent Security council member.

[Dog]

Can't tell......I am listening to it on speakers of my computer.

[An.American.Expatriate]

QUEEN'S PRIDE IN TROOPS -> http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1084394,00.html

[maquiladora]

JPost: Israel thinks that Saddam tape was the real deal.

[Jackie-O]

Patriotic is the only way to be, especially now! Our troops deserve nothing less. I work at Liberty School and we ooozzz patriotism on a daily basis.

[steveegg]

Of course, they know all about the UN's inability to stop a superpower; think Hungary, Chechoslovakia, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.

[maquiladora]

Must have been north, they were just reporting as normal from the City.

6:00pm Iraq time. Darkness in about 1.5 hours or so?

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Passing this on to the peaceniks, press, pols:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/869837/posts

March 18, 2000.

Members of International A.N.S.W.E.R.;

Signatories of Not In My Name; and

Citizens of the United States of America:

With the impending military action in Iraq I felt compelled to write this letter. As a member of the United States military I regret to inform you that, regardless of your race, sex, color, creed, age, national origin, political ideology, or any other delimiter, the actions that will take place against Iraq will be fully, undeniably, and irrevocably IN YOUR NAME. Despite of your signature on a piece of paper, this statement remains true.

In my fifteen years of service in the U.S. Navy (8.5 years active duty, balance reserve) I have raised my right hand six time to swear "that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States". That wonderful document which covers us, protects us, enables our way of life. The constitution provides our rights, sets our standards of law, and importantly in this context gives the President of the United States the power to set the foreign policy.

The constitution also provides the method of electing the President, and designates him as Commander in Chief of the military. I have also sworn "that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States", I do not have to like the president, I do not have to agree with his policy. I have served under four men holding that office, and made no distinction between them. When the President sets the military in action he does so by the power given him by the constitution and the people of the U.S. As a service member the President through the constitution ultimately directs my actions, the resulting action is therefore proscribed by the constitution. If you consider yourself a citizen of this country willfully covered by the Constitution, all military action is therefore In Your Name.

I know you might disagree with that statement, you may not like that statement, but the members of the armed forces will proudly serve in the name of all Americans. We will continue to provide you with security, with your freedoms, and your rights even if you do not like how, when or why we do.

Respectfully,

Stanley J. Wolczyk III

Petty Officer First Class U.S.N.R.

[razorback-bert]

E'en now their vanguard gathers,
E'en now we face the fray --
As Thou didst help our fathers,
Help Thou our host to-day.
Fulfilled of signs and wonders,
In life, in death made clear --
Jehovah of the Thunders,
Lord God of Battles, hear



If we got Saddam, we may not know for days, while the sons and/or generals sort out who is in charge.

[steveegg]

Thanks. How did I not catch that?