*** Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 16 - Live Thread ***

Multiple ^ | April 4th 2003 | Various

[prairiebreeze]

MSNBC cam just went black--anybody else having this?

Prairie

[commish]

Same here .. CBS cam still up .. and with the added bonus of Ahmed and Norm on camera LOL

[RobFromGa]

An excerpt from todays WSJ excellent editorial page. We are a fantastic country with noble aims-- in spite of the inferiority complex felt by the French Axis of Weasels...

As the war enters what appears to be the endgame, it's worth pointing out that everything President Bush promised about the way this war would be conducted has transpired. The bombing is precise and limited to military targets. Civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure are minimal. Humanitarian assistance is arriving. And coalition forces are providing medical attention for injured POWs and civilians.

This sure isn't the usual face of war, which destroys innocent lives and leaves cities in rubble. The only way that will happen now is if Saddam or his successor use chemical weapons or impose some other terrible disaster on their own countrymen. Otherwise, this war is about to end in a highly untraditional way: with Iraq's cities standing and its people alive and liberated.

Full Article: The End Is Near

[Carolina]

the Skunk thing isn't working with his hair. LOL

You do not like my stripe, mon ami?

[Catspaw]

A reporter on Fox --in Baghdad-- just said there are no armed emplacements visible in the city. Even the sandbagged emplacements are EMPTY today, unlike days before.

Huh? They've either boogied *somewhere*, or they're in waiting for us. But it's definitely weird. I can't imagine Saddam et al would just leave Baghdad open for us, undefended.

[commish]

BB in a few .. time to make some Breakfast

[Timeout]

One other possibility: It isn't Saddam et al who're leaving themselves unprotected. Maybe some smarter guys have figgered out they arent' worth dying for. We can hope.

[Daniel Ramsey]

yeah, MSNBC cam went to color bars.

[Jackie-O]

The thing is we can all just sit back and watch them dig their own graves. No need to waste precious time worrying while they do all of their whining...

[The Wizard]

she's lying

[johnb838]

Gutter Topper!

I think that we have passed the end of the beginning. We may be near the beginning of the end. nIt really might take a couple months to pacify Bdaddy. But that won't be quite as exciting as the last two weeks have been.

How can we set up a provisional government in Iraq before we even have a chance to know who all the stakeholders are? We need to set up a military governorship until we have some degree of pacification.

You must be accurately when you are addressing General Arafat. Bye-Bye, (gotta go to dentist)

[johnb838]

Levanthal whining again. He's a wuss.

[Timeout]

Rick Leventhal has green landscape in background!

[two23]

Blurb at bottom of FOX screen just a little while ago:

• US Military: Troops find boxes of white powder at a site in Iraq
• US Military: Troops find info on chem warfare at site
• Iraqi Car bomb explodes at check point
• Suspicious Materials found at Latifiya Industrial site
• Military Sources: 9 bodies found in POW raid are American

 

[Daniel Ramsey]

Rick is up, says its been the worst day of his life, LOL he must be one tired dude! my sympathy for him, the grunts are used to it.

[Jackie-O]

Someone should stick a fork in Natalie's bubble, she's done.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Morning, pitinkie.

Rick's cranky this morn. (^;

[The Wizard]

it was Steve....

No, the incident I recounted is what happened, and my hope is Brian learned you have to be sensitive to such things....

[TomGuy]

You put your right arm in...
and you shake it all about.....


(webcam)

[Catspaw]

But where did they go? I can see the troops going back home, not really wanting to blown to smithereens, but where are the Big Guys, the Saddam loyalists--on their way to Syria?

Of course, I'm still waiting for the thousands of people to show up at the Baghdad airport to defend it against those evil coalition forces, as they were supposed to do. That didn't happen, either.