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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Hortlund on March 08, 2003, 04:17:48 PM
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The U.N. observer force in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait has ordered the evacuation of most of its civilian staff to Kuwait City in the latest indication of rising tensions along the 200-mile strip. The U.N. Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission [UNIKOM] has also ratcheted up its alert status to "red."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/08/sprj.irq.main/index.html
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Man you're eager...
If I were you I would already be preparing my best armchair and it's whreabouts for the grand party...
Here's your checklist, go through it a few times, you wouldn't want the war catchin' ya unprepared:
[ ] Blue-red-white Cheerleader pom-pons
[ ] GWB-in-tanga centerfold "spicy" photo
[ ] Perma "Focks" News TV set
[ ] Perma CNN TV set
[ ] Saddam's mug dart throwing set
[ ] Toy aircraft and AFVs to play while commercials on both TVs
[ ] Hamburgers, HotDogs, Nachos, Burritos, Enchilada. NO Falafel!
[ ] Reachable keyboard for O'Club bile spewing
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Yea takeda i bet he'll be doing that while you wiggle your tail and prepare to jump up on uncle Saddams lap....
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Originally posted by takeda
Man you're eager...
Oh thats right...you are one of the anti-war demonstrators from a couple of weeks back..no?
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you don't think we'd send a quarter million troops to the region only to say 'hehe April Fools! just yankin' your burqua' do you?
which has me wondering.. anyone know what the largest deployment with NO action has been?
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US deployment?
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You two meanies... you shouldn't pick on this poor spaniard.. after all, our Fearless Leader Aznar wears the Shiny Holy Armor of the Knights of the Axis of Good, he is starting to speak with texan accent and might even send ya'll our tiny ac. carrier because we are supposed to show you a few things about raghead killing, after all our national hero was already kickin' arab bellybutton 1000 yrs. ago, and even Saint Jaques, our Patron Saint has that nice nickname... "Moorkiller".
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Did you eat any funny mushrooms at that peace rally Takeda?
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Bah... too late here, and too shallow and dry patrons... gotta go sleep
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... shaddup takeda :rolleyes:
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Dark of the Moon. Count on it. Just after the Ides of March, in fact.
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Originally posted by takeda
You two meanies... you shouldn't pick on this poor spaniard.. after all, our Fearless Leader Aznar wears the Shiny Holy Armor of the Knights of the Axis of Good, he is starting to speak with texan accent and might even send ya'll our tiny ac. carrier because we are supposed to show you a few things about raghead killing, after all our national hero was already kickin' arab bellybutton 1000 yrs. ago, and even Saint Jaques, our Patron Saint has that nice nickname... "Moorkiller".
ROTFL :D
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Originally posted by Toad
Dark of the Moon. Count on it. Just after the Ides of March, in fact.
Mr. Toad! I’ve been talking to a few AHers who served in Iraq in the first phase of this war in 1991. I’ve even exchanged a couple of emails with your squaddie who is “in theatre”, as you put it in another post – well-wishing stuff etc. And I was talking with a guy on AH voice comms (wonder if hitech or skuzzy were listening in – lol) about weapons, and that the US servicemen have a special scope/gunsight. This guy fought in the first phase of this war – in 1991. No details forthcoming about the gunsight – Classified! But I was able to be told that the scope your guys will use is electrically powered. I didn’t press for further details, once I knew I was onto sensitive stuff, but as one who knows little/nothing about guns, one assumes that the scope allows for enhanced night vision, possibly with thermal imaging. Given that it’s going to be almost April by the time this thing starts, I can think of 240,000 reasons for night ops – our servicemen. Surely they cannot be expected to perform properly in daytime desert heat? This is yet another reason I get frustrated with UN/French prevarication. The longer they delay, the greater the difficulty facing our servicemen. Surely no-one thinks it’s not going to happen?
Baghdad weather - latest (http://uk.weather.yahoo.com/IZXX/IZXX0008/index_c.html)
Anyway, when you said about the Ides of March, and the dark of the moon, I wondered if you were alluding to a supposition that a substantial part of the job in hand will be done at night, giving our guys the edge with special scopes and other western technology.
On a final note about Marines/SAS/American Special Forces, I have to say that I have been pleasantly surprised by their generally high level of education and gentlemanly demeanour, having communicated with quite a few by voxx or email. A guy in my WB squad was a US Marine, and I had to ask him to confirm it because he seemed so pleasant and mild mannered! These are the real men. Geez, I bet they could teach a thing or two to some of the gun toting wannabes who pontificate in certain other BBS posts I could mention. ;)
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I just read a pretty interesting article that said the start of the war will see an attack using cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs... which will last approximately a week prior to the full invasion using ground forces.
Compared to '91 when only 9% of the bombs were precision-guided (satelite), it is now about 75%... So that takes a burden off of special forces inside Iraq designating targets.
Will the initial bombing campaign require having the advantage of 'dark of the moon'? Or... would it be better to start that campaign a week or more before that phase, giving your ground forces the cover of darkness later on?
The new moon phase begins again at the end of March. Iraq's new 'deadline' seems to be on the 17th or so...
I'm going to bet that this thing opens up somewhere near the 20th.
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Originally posted by hawk220
you don't think we'd send a quarter million troops to the region only to say 'hehe April Fools! just yankin' your burqua' do you?
which has me wondering.. anyone know what the largest deployment with NO action has been?
Good idea, we aleast found who we can count on. Good question too.
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The US military is deeply involved in equipping just about everything we have with night vision technologies, from aviation assets and tanks right down to the individual infantryman.
The Iraqi essentially are not.
You make the call.
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This news article makes me feel about the same way as when I first learned about the execution of Marie Antoinette. Sure we can accomplish our mission objectives easily enough, but how much fun is it to execute a girl?
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Do a google search of the "Battle of 73 Easting". It will tell you of the firepower and distruction of the Modern US Forces.
Trust me I was there.;)
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Originally posted by davidpt40
This news article makes me feel about the same way as when I first learned about the execution of Marie Antoinette. Sure we can accomplish our mission objectives easily enough, but how much fun is it to execute a girl?
You're the same guy that thinks the US military is filled with morons, right?
Or have I mistaken you for someone else?
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Monk, that IS quite a story.
You were in 2D Armored Cavalry?
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Yes sir. 2nd DRAGOONS as we liked to call it.
The Battle was "Text Book"
You have to remember a CAV. Sqd. is a Battalion size element.
Which took on 1 Iraqi Div. and 1 so called "Elite" Republican Guard Div. and destroyed them.
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read this page,
http://www.companycommand.com/video/mcmaster/
some good interviews with McMaster about 73 easting
Monk!
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which has me wondering.. anyone know what the largest deployment with NO action has been?
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there are no 'no action deployments', if you deploy and then there is no action, then it automaticly changes from deployment to 'deployment exercise' you didn't really deploy, you where just practicing for the day you really have to deploy.