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WSJ "Best of the Web" on short attention spans... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 9:25:35 AM
- Re: WSJ - LJ - 3/27/2003 9:51:33 AM
  - It was called the "Phoney War" - Larry J - 3/27/2003 11:14:07 AM
    - Phony war??? Larry J shame on you! - LJ - 3/27/2003 1:39:31 PM
      - OK, so Larry himself didn't call it the phony war - LJ - 3/27/2003 4:29:06 PM
        
        I sometimes forget that most people have not studied military history - Larry J - 3/28/2003 6:19:17 PM
        
        Re: I sometimes forget that most people have not studied military history - LJ - 3/28/2003 6:33:45 PM
        
        Re: OK, so Larry himself didn't call it the phony war - p - 3/28/2003 1:37:26 PM
        
        You are both referring to different gaps. n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/27/2003 5:00:20 PM
      - Dont they teach nothing in North American schools these days? - Tony - 3/27/2003 3:03:56 PM
        
        Sadly, no - Larry J - 3/28/2003 6:32:17 PM
        
        My history lessons stopped at about 1950 - Tony - 3/28/2003 6:40:19 PM
        
        Re: Sadly, no - LJ - 3/28/2003 6:38:31 PM
        
        I would've loved to meet him - Larry J - 3/28/2003 7:13:58 PM
      - Read your history. Churchill called it exactly that.. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/27/2003 1:45:55 PM
        
        As did millions of people n/t - gbaikie - 3/27/2003 1:55:07 PM
      - Re: Phony war??? Larry J shame on you! - LJ - 3/27/2003 1:41:20 PM
        
        I don't think Larry himself was calling it a "phoney war" - Justin Kelly - 3/27/2003 1:44:47 PM

War Movies and effects on SOCIAL ATTITUDES - Carl - 3/28/2003 5:38:34 PM
- Re: True to form. - Marcia - 3/28/2003 6:56:35 PM

Deployment questions - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 6:40:21 PM
- I know several thousand troops from Ft. Carson have been waiting to go for weeks - Larry J - 3/28/2003 6:55:30 PM

Does the Calvary still play music when they go into battle? - REB - 3/28/2003 1:02:20 PM
- How about KELLY's HERO'S? - Carl - 3/28/2003 5:24:39 PM
  - Re: How about KELLY's HERO'S? - Carl - 3/28/2003 5:40:50 PM
    - Clint Eastwood rocks in that movie. - Scott - 3/28/2003 6:03:20 PM
      - PLease dont start another George Clooney thread!!! ;-) n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/28/2003 6:33:56 PM

Logistics - Larry J - 3/28/2003 6:15:00 PM
- Re: Logistics - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 6:21:00 PM
  - Some gun truck photos and a cool model - Larry J - 3/28/2003 6:27:18 PM

TCS: "Devils in the Delivery" - Larry J - 3/28/2003 5:21:11 PM
- I'm confused byt the so called experts on this subject - Scott - 3/28/2003 5:35:15 PM
  - Re: I'm confused byt the so called experts on this subject - gb - 3/28/2003 2:09:42 PM
- Re: Biological weapons - Raoul - 3/28/2003 5:30:36 PM

Saddam's bunkers - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 7:04:54 PM
- Heard some were UNDER LAKES! - Carl - 3/28/2003 5:22:22 PM
  - Re: Heard some were UNDER LAKES! - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2003 12:11:39 PM

My view on the protesters.... - R.L. - 3/27/2003 2:52:08 PM
- Re: My view on the protesters.... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:08:38 PM
- What the hell do they want? - RobVg - 3/27/2003 5:04:19 PM
- They are attacking our freedom to move about - Scott - 3/27/2003 4:19:08 PM
- completely agree, R.L. n/t (n/t) - McFly - 3/27/2003 3:42:08 PM
- Can't someone just run over them? - Lee - 3/27/2003 11:02:14 AM
  - Re: Can't someone just run over them? - McFly - 3/28/2003 4:46:49 PM

Hans Blix still failing to snag the clue... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 7:21:47 PM
- Lessee. - Bowser - 3/27/2003 8:49:19 PM
  - Why bother... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 8:56:21 PM
    - A: They haven't found 'em. - Bowser - 3/27/2003 11:27:33 AM
      - Sarcasm - Lindy - 3/27/2003 4:58:18 PM
      - Re: A: They haven't found 'em. - gbaikie - 3/27/2003 3:14:22 PM
    - Re: Why bother... - p - 3/27/2003 9:13:49 AM
      - Tom is ever-hopeful, I think... - McFly - 3/27/2003 9:24:16 AM
- The hospital around the corner from where I am sitting has similar equipment. - alcaray - 3/27/2003 9:47:10 AM
  - Does it also have weapons and tanks in the yard? - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 12:18:42 PM
    - Well there is a national guard armory a couple miles away. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/28/2003 4:36:27 PM
    - The tank is used to unclog arteries n/t - gbaikie - 3/27/2003 1:34:53 PM
      - Take two hand grenades and call me in the moring. (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 3/27/2003 2:36:45 PM
  - And Bowser doesn't deserve all the crap that you guys heap on him n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/27/2003 10:38:02 AM
    - You've GOT to be kidding n/t (n/t) - p - 3/27/2003 11:09:48 AM
      - nope - alcaray - 3/27/2003 12:13:21 PM
        
        Re: nope - McFly - 3/27/2003 3:40:12 PM
        
        In defense of Bowser - Lindy - 3/27/2003 4:20:36 PM
        
        I agree - McFly - 3/28/2003 4:10:06 PM
        
        And so say all of us - Tony - 3/28/2003 4:20:33 PM
        
        name calling - FrankC - 3/27/2003 1:35:40 PM
- Re: Hans Blix still failing to snag the clue... - McFly - 3/27/2003 9:06:03 AM

Kurdish question - pwokenyaw - 3/28/2003 3:16:06 PM
- Re: Kurdish question - FrankC - 3/28/2003 3:46:44 PM

War "over in a flash" a direct quote! - p - 3/28/2003 1:55:02 PM
- Clinton + Ego + TV Apperance = Moron (n/t) - Scott - 3/28/2003 2:54:21 PM

Saddam's paramilitaries are killing civilians in Basra - Matt Burley - 3/28/2003 1:21:09 PM

Halliburton out of the running! - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/28/2003 12:42:30 PM

Outspoken General - FrankC - 3/28/2003 11:51:32 AM
- Re: Outspoken General - Raoul - 3/28/2003 12:23:00 PM

US forces fighting street to street in An Nasiriyah - Scott - 3/28/2003 11:24:04 AM

By the way whatever happened to all thosed dedicated "Human shields" - R.L. - 3/27/2003 5:21:52 PM
- It sounds like another one has found a clue - Larry J - 3/28/2003 10:42:22 AM
- Re: By the way whatever happened to all thosed dedicated - Raoul - 3/27/2003 6:36:23 PM
  - May they return safe, and a hell of a lot wiser. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 7:05:34 PM

Unembedded reporter in trouble - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 7:47:36 PM
- With a name like Smucker - Lee - 3/28/2003 9:58:14 AM
- Like father like son - it was intentional n/t (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/27/2003 8:54:38 PM
- They should put a parachute on him and then embed him behind Iraqi lines. - Scott - 3/27/2003 4:23:53 PM
- I was watching when this happened - Justin Kelly - 3/27/2003 9:33:27 AM

More proof Saddam is the antichrist* ;-) - SDAi-Tech1 - 3/28/2003 9:45:44 AM

We used to have anti-tank mines... - alcaray - 3/27/2003 6:22:54 PM
- Re: We used to have anti-tank mines... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:24:15 PM
  - Huh!! - Bowser - 3/27/2003 8:59:42 PM
    - Re: Huh!! - LJ - 3/27/2003 9:03:52 AM
  - Re: We used to have anti-tank mines... - LJ - 3/27/2003 6:54:27 PM
    - Re: We used to have anti-tank mines... - gbaikie - 3/27/2003 7:39:24 PM
      - Re: We used to have anti-tank mines... - LJ - 3/27/2003 8:49:57 PM
        
        Re: We used to have anti-tank mines... - gbaikie - 3/27/2003 1:48:07 PM
        
        You must be able to read a little bit - LJ - 3/27/2003 2:57:27 PM
        
        Re: You must be able to read a little bit - gbaikie - 3/27/2003 6:30:58 PM
  - you are right - alcaray - 3/27/2003 6:27:40 PM

The Flaw in ‘Shock and Awe’ . . . - D. Spires - 3/27/2003 8:34:16 PM
- Re: The Flaw in ‘Shock and Awe’ . . . - D. Spires - 3/27/2003 9:59:39 AM
  - Help us comprehend, Dan - LJ - 3/27/2003 10:13:16 AM
    - Of course it is dangerous to leave a long, unprotected LOC! - alcaray - 3/27/2003 12:27:28 PM
    - Re: Security is always important . . . - D. Spires - 3/27/2003 10:27:42 AM
- Re: The Flaw in ‘Shock and Awe’ . . . - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 9:03:24 AM
  - Re: Understanding the world - Raoul - 3/27/2003 10:06:11 AM
    - Re: Understanding the world - Davin L. - 3/27/2003 2:28:57 PM
      - Re: Of course it would be the fault of the UN . . . - D. Spires - 3/27/2003 6:45:51 PM
    - Re: Understanding the world - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 12:16:23 PM
    - Re: Amazing . . . - D. Spires - 3/27/2003 10:16:19 AM
  - Re: The Flaw in ‘Shock and Awe’ . . . - LJ - 3/27/2003 9:07:15 AM

Bush, Rumsfeld Strategy Unsuccessful - Buck Galaxy - 3/27/2003 4:50:36 PM
- No way you can make that conclusion less than 1 week into the campaign - Scott - 3/27/2003 7:23:12 PM
  - Re: No way you can make that conclusion less than 1 week into the campaign - gbaikie - 3/27/2003 8:30:59 PM
  - yes way, 120k more troops on the way - Buck Galaxy - 3/27/2003 2:19:08 PM
    - What concerns me - Davin L. - 3/27/2003 2:38:36 PM
- Re: Bush, Rumsfeld Strategy Unsuccessful - p - 3/27/2003 5:16:40 PM
- I heard on the radio at lunch - alcaray - 3/27/2003 9:36:56 AM
  - Re: I heard on the radio - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 12:30:47 PM

See, you have to shoot the Iraqi to Liberate him.... - Davin L - 3/26/2003 12:35:22 PM
- Let me guess you are about...24? - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2003 3:38:07 PM
  - Way off, lowtech - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 4:16:40 PM
    - More comments - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/27/2003 8:26:51 PM
      - Re: More comments - Lindy - 3/27/2003 7:24:51 PM
      - Re: More comments - Davin L. - 3/27/2003 3:40:19 PM
- amazing! - p - 3/26/2003 1:36:22 PM
  - Yes, amazing, P- read what I have to say before you reply! - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 1:53:31 PM
  - What's goiing to happen to Bush, Phil? - LJ - 3/26/2003 1:47:35 PM
    - Last I read, LJ, these guys wanted Baby Bush to get the nobel peace prize... (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 1:56:51 PM
      - Receiving any nobel prize is now mostly a dishonor... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2003 2:37:52 PM
      - Why not? - FrankC - 3/26/2003 2:36:33 PM
        
        Shame the guy who made the poster can't count n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/27/2003 4:55:18 PM
        
        Actually, Tony, in this case 4 + 2 = 5 - LJ - 3/27/2003 5:15:47 PM
- Re: How long have you been a legal resident . . . ? - D. Spires - 3/26/2003 12:46:24 PM
  - The "ad hominem" police suggest "Flame". - Bowser - 3/26/2003 1:20:01 PM
    - Re: I shudder . . . - D. Spires - 3/27/2003 7:39:47 PM
    - Shouldn't you be charging windmills... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2003 3:56:45 PM
      - disgusting. - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 4:20:39 PM
- the link.... - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 12:37:18 PM
  - fuggifeyeknow.... this link wont link... - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 12:39:30 PM
    - Suggestion - Lindy - 3/26/2003 4:29:19 PM
      - See roberts post (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 4:31:05 PM
    - HTML help - SDG - 3/26/2003 12:43:36 PM
      - Thanks SDG - Davin HelplessMinion L. - 3/26/2003 12:46:34 PM
        
        Hey Robert: - Davin L. - 3/26/2003 12:51:32 PM
        
        Mea culpa - Robert - 3/26/2003 3:04:17 PM

Fisk on the bombed marketplace - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 8:12:14 PM
- Cruise missiles from planes - LJ - 3/27/2003 5:00:41 PM
  - Re: Cruise missiles from planes, but not over Baghdad - SDG - 3/27/2003 6:00:35 PM
    - Re: Cruise missiles from planes, but not over Baghdad - LJ - 3/27/2003 6:28:02 PM
      - Credibility of sources - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 6:46:04 PM
        
        Re: Credibility of sources - LJ - 3/27/2003 6:50:39 PM
        
        Sorry... - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 7:23:52 PM
    - Re: Cruise missiles from planes, but not over Baghdad - alcaray - 3/27/2003 6:25:47 PM
- From what I have seen of what a cruise missile can do - R.L. - 3/27/2003 3:00:14 PM
  - Still watching this story. - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 5:29:03 PM
- I'm waiting for that moron Fisk to get beaten up by Saddam's thugs - Matt Burley - 3/27/2003 12:59:59 PM

Fired Up by TV, Iraqis Return to Fight . . . - D. Spires - 3/27/2003 8:02:54 PM

Give me food, I will give you Oil. - €sunblok€ - 3/26/2003 9:59:11 AM
- Some interesting info there. nt (n/t) - Occasional Reader - 3/27/2003 8:02:42 PM
  - Some interesting info links here . - €sunblok€ - 3/27/2003 9:29:52 AM
- Next arena of empire building. - RobVG - 3/26/2003 4:05:43 PM
- Re: North Korea is without a Soviet Union . . . - D. Spires - 3/26/2003 10:37:37 AM
  - Maybe the US is in North Korea to protect the North from the South... - Scott - 3/26/2003 10:42:46 AM
    - Re: No . . . - D. Spires - 3/26/2003 10:50:44 AM
      - There is a genuine naivety amoung the younger generation - Justin Kelly - 3/26/2003 5:35:54 PM

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