***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 14 - LIVE THREAD***

[melodie]

please slap me...the def. for quagmire is destroyed...just looked it up in "W's" dictionary.

[Lauratealeaf]

What a wonderful day!!! Now what will the libs do to ruin it??

The day is early. Just hide and watch.

[Catspaw]

Your comment about my watching MSNBC bordered on flame. Your rudeness towards me continues.

[Lauratealeaf]

I really like your tagline!

[Northern Yankee]

Thanks for the clarification!

I am so proud of how well our boys are doing overseas.

Thanks also for the compliment. (I wish I could do more...)

We will prevail!

I was also glad that Gen. Tommy Franks put to bed yesterday the nonsenes that Runsfield had blown the original war plan, and that our troops were under-manned.

These boys have had a solid plan, in my humble opinion, as we march towards Baghdad.

I also don't get the idea that they thought we all thought this was going to be a cake walk. Bush has clearly stated the case that this would take a long time!

[Quilla]

I think we have more friends than we let on. Think about, who goes around saying I have 18 friends, or 44 friends. Just this morning when Powell was in Turkey, it was revealed that we have been using their airfields for emergency landings and some medical evacuations.

[Sacajaweau]

Kerry Sanders gave the impression that he was the first to receive information about her and passed it on. However, in a subsequent statement, he backed off and I gather he was tipped off AFTER THE FACT.

[Lauratealeaf]

Wow! I love that photo! Thanks for posting it!

[prairiebreeze]

Medina gone too!!? EXCELLENT!!!

ROCK ON GOOD GUYS!!!

Prairie

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

FN: Ollie - Moved 5 times in the last 24 (or 27?) hours...troops are ready to go...all the way to Baghdad...on the banks of the Tigris, our guys (air attacks) hit (Medina RG) ammo. supply...

Ollie says they're finding, "almost all along the way", young men pointing out weapons, etc. - they just want to go home and get rid of Saddam. They want to help us!

[null and void]

When this is over and we control Iraq, I want these boys home to huge parades. I want them in NY, San Fran and all the other cities full of ungrateful sh*ts that don't deserve the sacrifices of these brave men and women.

Yes, I want to shove victory in their f'ing faces. I want THEM spit on in the streets for being morons, jerks, haters, a-holes.

I want them, and every left wing jerk from Hollywood, to be totally humiliated.

After reading the kind of crap Al Gore said about the Ditzy Chicks, it's obvious Dems can't even understand the concepts of free speech, free markets and freedom. He blamed those choosing to not to buy their CD's, etc. as "denying them a right to make a living"! What a turd he is.

I hate the left with a passion and I'm going to rub their inability to secure our freedoms in their faces! I've had enough of these sh*theads and if I find them harrassing someone with a pro-America bumper sticker on their car, I'm going to beat them silly with a bat!!!

Don't hold back -tell us how you really feel!

[Lauratealeaf]

Kerry Sanders gave the impression that he was the first to receive information about her and passed it on. However, in a subsequent statement, he backed off and I gather he was tipped off AFTER THE FACT.

Gosh, I hope he wasn't showboating! But, I can understand why reporters would get a little bit excited about the rescue of Jessica Lynch. Really great news!

[DollyCali]

returned from dog walk. Just heard Glenn tell story of two tanks/duck tape & rescue of the soldiers?

usually he is right.

any one else hear anything?

[mwl1]

We need to compile and keep a list of the dunderheads -- not just the reporters, but the armchair critics as well -- who peddled the quagmire bullsh_t over the past several weeks.

To the best of our ability -- which admittedly is limited with the liberal networks -- I want these people held accountable for their lies, bias, and stupidity.

I nominate Barry McAfferty (McAffrey?) to head the list.

[Jackie-O]

Thanks clouda, I know alot of people don't like him ...I'm a little back and forth at times too. But I think deep down, his intentions are good and I truely don't think he knew he was devluging anything that may endanger any of our troops.

[null and void]

Who will be the lucky EOD or engineer who lights the fuse on the charge to blow up Sodomy's stature in downtown Baghdad?

No. No. No. No. Let the Iraqi's topple it. It's IMPORTANT that they do it themselves.

[Lauratealeaf]

I also don't get the idea that they thought we all thought this was going to be a cake walk. Bush has clearly stated the case that this would take a long time!

Great post! I also heard President Bush state that this war would be one of sacrifice and loss of life and might take a long time but that in the end we will prevail. I guess the liberals and the carping generals weren't listening.

[Solson]

It was on the www.startribune.com website yesterday morning and there are many threads on it here. True story.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks, Laura, though I just changed it to reflect the day. If the Mullah's start rattling swords, back it goes. (^;

[thedugal]

"The dagger is clearly pointed at the heart of the regime now." Maj. Gen. Vincent Brooks

I thought Gen. Brooks was a Brigadere General. Did he get promoted for surviving 5 press conferences without killing a single reporter with his bare hands?