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I agree with Chuck56... Having seen it also (Grenada 83 and Central America on and off from 84-86) I know it is something I would not wish on my worst enemy let alone someone I cared for... I have to disagree on the hope that any war with Iraq will be a quick and surgical one... We do not have the same support we did for Desert Storm... I fear, like Chuck56, that this war will spill outside of Iraq and bring the entire region, if not the world into the frey... All it is going to take are a couple of SCUD missle strike against Israel and life as we know it now ends in a blinding flash... Again this is just MHO
4MidgetHitmen
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I agree that "innocent civilian casualties" is a term up for debate,especially in this kind of war.I'm not a soldier,and never have been,but I know with the likelyhood of these people having a bomb strapped to them or hand grenades stuck under their armpits,would you want to take the chance?We're fighting people who are willing to hand their 5yr. old children an AK47 and a hand grenade and send them toward allied forces.Would you want to make that decision?I think the best solution is to bomb as many of their forces as possible from the air,and then hit them with everything we have not defending the homeland.Sending a few Special Forces units in at a time is just going to be a waste of lives.We have the ability to overwelm them so lets do it.And support the troops for doing it!!!If you're not in their shoes risking your a55 then you don't have any place critisizing them for their actions.
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I agree that bombing is the most effective way to neutralize enemy forces, and support for the troops is vital in any war. That means containing the d****d news media, so the military can conduct the war without the esteemed members of CNN and the rest interfering. The media can hurt us as badly as the enemy. Thank God for Fox news.
Don't underestimate the need for Special Forces interjection. Intelligence is vital, and they are very well trained and equipped to provide it. Beyond intelligence gathering and maybe precision strikes at specific targets, it will be the grunt in the grass (or sand) who takes the brunt of the war, just as in every war. Our air power can soften them. Air power can't take and hold ground.
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I am in complete agreement with you on suporting our troops!!! My wife is curently deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afganistan/Uzbekistan... I am one of those who firmly beleives that "my country right or wrong it is still MY country" and as such we should question our leaders and their motives but once the first shot is fired in anger we, as Americans should support them and our troops 110% until the last shot is fired no matter what we think of them or the war... The troops are doing nothing more than what we as the "People" ask them to do... "Please risk your life and make America safe from outside enemies so I don't have to..." Another thing people need to understand is that in EVERY war so called "innocent civilians" have died... They always have and they always will... There is no way that this can be helped... And for that I am deeply sorry...
4MidgetHitmen
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if all here believe we're about to attack iraq, then the iraqi believe it as well. the fine art of chest pounding requires evidence that your serious. im still hopeful this can stay a cold war and iraq will submit to the un resolutions.
as far as the us wanting the iraqi oil the us dosn't need it. the us 'was' the fourth largest oil producer until the oil cartel all but ruined our econmy in the mid 80's by dropping its price to 4.75 per barrel from 34. the us cannot depend on a stable oil market and therefor cannot resume oil production as long as economic warfare can be expected. the alasken pipeline is rusting and although oil exploration has not stopped, wells are capped as they are found. if these countries got a bug up their royal asses and decided never to export oil again our economy would take off like a rocket. i think the only 'control' we want over their oil, is an assurance that this will not happen again.
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THere is a sure fire way to make sure that the supply of oil is never interupted again... The US could "forget" to send them their grain shipments for a month or to... Let them eat sand for a few weeks and you can bet that they would do whatever we wanted when ever we wanted... But I know that the US will never do any such thing... But just think about how quick the entire region would fall in step and help outs Saddam without a shot being fired...
4MidgetHitmen
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even better would be to find an affordable alternative to oil, then sadam and his crew could return to the bronze age....where they belong
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alright guys,why do u think Muslim terrorists r doing this to us?
why do GWB want to attack Iraq although there r many other countries developing mass destruction?
why does the american gov support israel against palestine?
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because that sick f@#k has proved he'll use them
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