***Operation Iraqi Freedom - Situation Room - Day 28/16 APR 03 - LIVE THREAD***

Everywhere! | 16 APR 03 | An.American.Expatriate

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Operation Iraqi Freedom

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[retrokitten]

He is one lucky man! Shot 8 times and no major damage.

[retrokitten]

Speaking of which, don't forget SoldiersGirl's Mosque... Can we do that and still retain a family rating?

I guess that would depend on how old your family is... same probably goes for the stories of the FR pin-up gallery...

[SoldiersGirl]

No, I wouldn't see it. There are a lot of movies that I decline to see because I know I'll just end up annoyed in the end.

I would like to see Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, and Robin Williams (as bagdad bob lol) in it. Knowing hollywood it'll star tim robbins and susan sarandon.

[SoldiersGirl]

sorry if I missed it, but has anyone posted in here about the marine being shot 4 times in his kevlar and walking away from it, being a total phoney?

[The Wizard]

I contacted Grassley and read them the riot act, called Lindsey and told him to get the bastards

[pitinkie]

Reminds me of Afghanistan..reporters getting papers..etc. before we did.

[SoldiersGirl]

wow
what did that means?
should read, I'm happy it's still standing proud.
I even read that before I posted it

[retrokitten]

I don't know if we talked about it here or not, but I am 95% certain there was at least one thread about it.

[The Wizard]

someday snowe is going to wind up missing

[The Wizard]

someday snowe is going to wind up missing, what do you think hillary has on her...pictures with a dog????

[cyncooper]

Oh, my!

[Far Right Field]

LOL I'm standing that it's (NO pun intended) still standing proud ;-) There's an idea for a movie. The Noisy Minarets of Bagdad.... No, the exotic minarets of Baghdad.... No, the erotic Minarets of Baghdad.... I give up.

Jon

[Miss Marple]

France hopes to heal U.S. rift in spa town

In this article we find out that not only did Chirac make the phone call to President Bush, but the French ambassador had to make TWO trips to the White House before the President would agree to accept the call.

So, we see that Bill Kristol was WRONG yesterday. I hope Kristol isn't reverting to his pre-war animosity against Presidient Bush. I did so want to avoid bringing up all of Kristol's unsavory connnections and Iago-like behavior. I will give him a pass just this once.

[Mrs.Liberty]

Son of a fricking b*tch...what is wrong with people?

I lurk and sometimes post at a website for wives of deployed spouses. There is a dude who for some reason posts his liberal, anti-American, anti-war views there (all under the guise of free speech). You would think he would have enough sense to know that spouses of deployed personnel do not want to hear or read his crap..but this is his most recent POS(HE is the president of the local ANSWER chapter, btw).

" The report of widspread jubilation is a hoax...the image of the statue being torn down is a very tight shot. Here is a wider shot: pic

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This wide-angle photo by Reuters of the toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in central Baghdad arouses suspicions that the "spontaneous jubilation" by the Iraqi masses shown on television around the world was a "media event" orchestrated by the Pentagon. Rather than a spontaneous mass demonstration, the photo clearly shows that only a couple hundred Iraqis participated in the largely empty and heavily guarded Fardus Square. American tanks and troops surrounded the square and one armored vehicle "helped" the Iraqis pull down the statue. In the upper part of the photo, it appears that normal traffic into the square has been blocked by American troops. Conveniently, this square is in close proximity to the Palestine Hotel, which houses journalists covering the war. The timing of the activities is also suspicious; the wrecking of the statue occurred during the morning shows on the American television networks. The motive for this seemingly staged event: In the wake of reports of an ambivalent Iraqi reaction to an invasion billed as one designed to "liberate" Iraq, the Bush administration badly needed television pictures showing Iraqi popular support."

[retrokitten]

Yes, but they involve alcohol. In fact, all my good stories involve alcohol. All my bad stories involve alcohol too. Hmmmmmmmm

Were you the one who posted awhile back about how you and your friends dressed up Ronald McDonald in a bra, panties, and a wig. Then put a sign on him that said, "Gay Rights!" ?

[Consort]

And Democrat Governor Baldacci will replace her with a Democrat if he can and the GOP will lose control of the Senate. How does Senate Majority Leader Daschle sound?

[TomGuy]

Amazing how the Republicans always seem to pull defeat out of the jaws of victory. Heck, they have a majority in the Senate and they still can't get their judicial nominee(s) to the floor for a vote. (The Dems never seemed to have such problems, even with small majoritities.)

[umbagi]

...about the marine being shot 4 times in his kevlar and walking away from it, being a total phoney?

I haven't seen it mentioned, but it should be, because we discussed it early on...

Yep, the Kevlar helmet, it turns out, was sitting on a backpack when it was shot, and a "journalist" spun the story. The troops are standing down now, and "just got around to" setting the record straight.

I was wondering why he was still with his unit -- four 7.62 x 39s to the helmet would have been like so many blows with a baseball bat...

[Miss Marple]

This shows us the wisdom of Jim Robinson's creation: people like that are given the boot. We can go read their loony opinions on their own web sites if we want to go slumming.

Meanwhile, a post like that here would draw the Wrath of the Viking Kitties.