Two More US Carriers, 37,000 Troops Going To Gulf

Reuters/Yahoo ^ | 1-21-2003 | Charles Aldinger/Will Dunham

[Happy2BMe]

"FWIW, I predict France will participate and Russia, China and Germany will stand aside so as not to be rendered irrelevant."

I don't look for any help from any of the ba$tard$.

Not until the work is done and the Iraqi oil fields lay bare before the world - then you will see them crawling out from under their rocks laying claim to everything in sight and telling us to get the hell out.

[Pinch]

>May the wind be at their backs.

For an aircraft carrier you want the wind in your face...about 25 knots, down the axial deck, with just a bit of dutch roll to make your recovery worth while :)