***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 5 - LIVE THREAD***

Everywhere! | 23 Mar 2003 | An.American.Expatriate

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Good Morning.

This is the Daily Thread of Operation Iraqi Freedom - LIVE THREAD.

It is designed for general conversation about the events of the day. In depth discussion of events should be left to individual threads - but links to the threads or other articles is highly encouraged. This allows us to stay abreast of the situation in general, while also providing a means of obtaining specific information.

Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A breif description of what the graphic is would help:

To all who helped this get started, thank you!

Special thanks to An.American.Expatriate for staring the daily threads, Mo1 for the screamer, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course, Belly Girl...

[ztiworoh]

Damn PC police!

I mean, is it innaccurate to say that there are arab terrorists? God, but it's ok to show evil rich white men!


But apart form that I actually enjoyed the movie, entertaining, nothing too deep, but decent

[retrokitten]

I'm giving up Lent for Drinking.

LOL! I'm think I'm slow (or drunk already), because I had to read that three times! LOL!

[kcvl]

roflol...

[petter]

I have read all of the Harry Potter books that have come out, and have seen the two movies that have been released and they follow the books closer than I have ever seen any other movie follow a book.

I believe that the author is on set during the filming to make sure of that.

[babaloo]

John Gibson has had two negative military analysts in a row.
I am seriously questioning my giving up drinking for Lent.

LOL. Me either. Not only did I give up drinking but I started the Atkin's diet. No chocolate either. Yikes!

[altura]

I bet you've got the fifth book on order.

[Mo1]

Thanks for the link .. it explains things more

[Mo1]

LOL .. I like the get drunk part

[Solson]

You're crazy...but...

I know of a Sugar-Free Atkins friendly Margarita mix...

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Do we have any Americans working at AP? When the media pushes negative news it DOES strengthen our enemies.

[retrokitten]

Is Col. David Hunt taking a nap today?

I love Col. Hunt, too! Maybe he is getting some shut-eye, because he was on constantly over the weekend. Has Bob Bevelacqua been on today? He's my other favorite. Either the night we started bombing or the night before he was on and talking about getting saddam and his sons. He actually had his sports jacket off and his mock turtleneck sleeves pulled up. He said something like, "We'll hopefully get Saddam, Uday, and...um...well, pretty soon it will be U-die."

[mystery-ak]

Im living on chocolate....

[Caesar Soze]

>Bush is just like the big T-Rex in Jurrassic Park?

If you don't move, he can't see you. :)

I don't think this was picked up in the movies, but in the books, it was revealed that Grant was "an idiot." The T-Rex could see him the whole time, he simply didn't kill Grant because he had just eaten a goat and wasn't hungry; he went after the characters who moved because they were more fun. This is proved rather graphically in the second book when a Rex identifies a character as a threat and chomps down on him, even though he's not moving.

The President's opponents better realize he can see them, and they better pray he doesn't consider them
a) fun, or
b) a threat.

[retrokitten]

I bet you've got the fifth book on order.

Yes, I ordered it the first day. I am such a nerd. I got so excited the other day when they released the covers.

[Krodg]

and now town-folk coming out to hop on a downed Black Hawk, I’m beginning to wonder if we are not just protecting innocent people who hate us and would like to see us dead.

From what I saw, the town-folk didn't look all that jubilant.....looked like propaganda to me. JMO

[Mo1]

Thanks me to ..

The hubby can listen to the melt down my 2 1/2 yr old is having about not being allowed to go to the beach ..

[A Texan]

I like major Bob Bevoleka (sp?) ex-green beret. He's on FOX. This guy kills me, he puts up with no ones sh*t, and is extremly blunt.

[theophilusscribe]

I don't know, really.

My best guess is that they would want to stand side-by-side as they give the US and UK an update on how the war is going. Shows the unity of the allies.

They may also wish to publically rebuke the countries that have been illegally selling armaments, etc., to Iraq.

Other than that, I don't know what they would be doing.

Did you have an idea of what was going to happen?

[babaloo]

I know of a Sugar-Free Atkins friendly Margarita mix...

Please share. Margaritas and choco-malted milk eggs for me on Easter!

[Fledermaus]

I saw that same picture with the caption, "Iraqis celebrate US troops and liberation by posing on a helicopter"...or something close!

So many different media outlets, so many different reporters!