Author Topic: War in Iraq (Read 637 times)

john9001 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 05, 2002, 06:32:54 PM »

an exocet would not get within range of a carrier, thats what the F14 does , it shoots down planes with exocets on them. the F14 is called 'fleet defense fighter"

hardcase said "their shipping body bags ""Lot of body bags this time"", how many 'body bags" did they ship for the gulf war ? 30,000, how many did they use?

what makes you think saddam could put up a fight? he lost 90% of his tanks and arty in the gulf war , what has he replaced them with ? toyota pickup trucks?

the "mother of all battles " took 100 hours, how many hours will this take?

<< Nevil Chamberlan gets off airplane , holds up piece of paper"" i have in my hand a paper signed by Mr Hitler, guarantying peace in our time ""<< crowd applauds "" yeah , peace in our time "" hoo rah, no war "" pip pip hurah, no war with germany""

SC-Sp00k · « **Reply #31 on:** October 05, 2002, 07:17:41 PM »

You are assuming of course that any impending War would have you fighting Iraq alone.I doubt this will be the case with Israels involvement.

Thrawn · « **Reply #32 on:** October 05, 2002, 07:23:55 PM »

Anyone have a guess on when the invasion is going to happen?

easymo · « **Reply #33 on:** October 05, 2002, 07:25:37 PM »

These scenarios, with saddam using his "movie of the week" weapons on us, are laughable. We have a real life military. And, they are one of the best, if not THE best in the world. Iraq does not stand a chance.

What is not funny, is that we inevitably will loose troops. I am still sceptic al about whether saddam is worth the lives of even a small number of our young people. I am willing to be convinced. But. So far, the Bush administration has produced nothing that looks like a "Smoking gun" to me. To make matters worse, we all know if they had such evidence, it would be in the media instantly. I have seen nothing but innuendo, and supposition come out of the White House.

Lest you think I have given up my conservative ways. Let me point out that most of the Democrats opposing this. Are doing so only because they know that Americans rally around the President in times of war. I belive some Dem's are sincere. But most just don't want to see Jr. gain the political advantage this would give him. As usual, its the lowly ground pounder that is caught in the middle, and expected to do the bleeding.

Sikboy · « **Reply #34 on:** October 05, 2002, 07:29:32 PM »

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Originally posted by Replicant
Anyway, the argument is that any anti-ship missile is more than capable of sinking a ship, whether it be Iraqi or US etc.

I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about exocet missiles being able to sink ships. WRT aux ships, they most likely won't be operating outside of the Aegis screen.

-Sikboy