*** Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 15 - Live Thread ***

Multiple ^ | April 3rd, 2003 | Various

[An.American.Expatriate]

In honor of our Freed and the men and women who risked thier lives to rescue her!

Freed POW PFC Jessica Lynch - Army Photo	Freed POW PFC Jessica Lynch - Private Photo

Welcome to the Situation Room of Operation Iraqi Freedom - LIVE THREAD.

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Please have mercy on us dial up limited FReepers! Limit the big graphics, post links instead. A brief description of what the graphic is would help: To all who helped this get started, thank you! Special thanks to null and void for keeping these threads running on the weekends, Mo1 for the screamer, the AdminMods for their tolerance, mhking for the video links, and, of course,...

[Fledermaus]

I love your post, but (before this, we had NO idea what war was really all about!!) I take some issue with this.

Plenty of material going back to almost the beginning of warfare that explains it well! But I get what you mean! It's amazing.

[AFPhys]

You know, the apparent lack of ability to immediately exploit the Iraqi airfields has certainly baffled me. Something is not quite what it seems to be, but I haven't figured out what the disconnect is.

[MEG33]

Situation room

[Tree of Liberty]

Fox - Greg Kelly on live

[Fledermaus]

Maybe they don't need them for warfare and are setting up future CnC centers for after the conflict.

Total guess, I too have no idea.

[spectr17]

You know, the apparent lack of ability to immediately exploit the Iraqi airfields has certainly baffled me. Something is not quite what it seems to be, but I haven't figured out what the disconnect is.

The coalition has captured other Iraq airfields and started using them.

I'm guessing the ones they don't grab are either mined real heavy or the Iraqis have arty zeroed in from the hills above the airfield and it's not a good move to take the field.

Give them engineers a couple hours and SHAZAM!! instant airfield.

[Grenada]

Thanks Tree, I just pointed out that I was zoning out, and I heard her response. It penetrated my fog because it seemed out of the norm for her. Sorry everyone...I didn't mean to besmirch the Dhue.

[Fledermaus]

Sorry everyone...I didn't mean to besmirch the Dhue.

That could lead to a public flogging!

[Consort]

Jim Bunning (R-KY) wants to try Peter Arnett for treason.

[blondee123]

Please don't take exception to what I said.

What I mean is, we are seeing it, hearing it as it happens, much different than reading about it in a history book, or even someone telling you of their experiences. This is a FIRST.

I sure appreciate the sacrifice of all the military much more after seeing all the hell they go thru on a day to day basis out there in the desert!

[MEG33]

Live fire from pick ups.suicidal!

[blondee123]

MSNBC playing more of Bobs tapes right now. I'll be back..

[MEG33]

Nice thought ,but will never happen.

[Tree of Liberty]

Any time. Here are the photo galleries for the Navy, Army, and Marine Corps.

[Consort]

Achmed's girlfriend speaking on BagCam....sounds like she's speaking Italian.

[Tree of Liberty]

Listening, too

[spectr17]

I heard someone on the radio today, G. Liddy maybe, who said British SAS had stopped suicide bombers from Syra in western Iraq. The person said we should let them come so we can mop up as many of the Islamakazis as we can while we're there.

It made sense to me. If they want to charge our tanks with AKs then let's thin the herd.

[Tree of Liberty]

That could lead to a public flogging!

Laurie Dhue, or Grenada?

[Grenada]

I was just teasing. I know to stay away from the Dhue, and now I will add the Cox to that list...Ha, her name is cox...snicker. Ok, I am done.

[Fledermaus]

I agree that it's a first.

And it will make a huge impact on the video generation. It's almost too bad since you can get a vivid picture of war from reading and history.

We had the same visuals in WWII and Korea and even more in Vietnam. But the instantaneous of it now is wild! The interaction with the public is awesome. Now we can point and click and send a pizza to a soldier in Kuwait City manning a patriot battery!

Sure beats having to try a victory garden...I have a brown thumb! lol