Posted on 08/16/2002 3:58:59 PM PDT by Kermit
Close, but no cigar.........
No. Actually, Saddam is playing the role of the slickster and the Bush's bite this time will be fatal!!
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There's no way at all that there could be a war coming and the krauts wanting to jump into the fray just for ol' times sake, and to stay in practice.
NO WAY that the limeys could be watching us getting ready to go whup some @$$ and wanting to help with the parades and stuff!
NO WAY, AND I'M SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YOU TO HEAR YOU EVEN SUGGEST SUCH A THING!
No way that Dick Armey and those guys could just be play-acting for Saddam's benefit!
(How about the Frogs? Are they gonna cover the Limey's left flank like last time?)
There's also this one, which takes the opposite point of view:
Bush Administration Plan to Invade Iraq Dubious at Best
The one I linked to seems to be a bit out of date, but it's getting more comments, so far.
Funny, Iraq's got all it's forces on the spot already. Howcome everyone thinks the war'll start when it's convenient for us?
There will be very little doubt when the actual war, if any, really does start. Trust me on that one.
Its much more likely that WMD will be used against rebel populations and US force bases in northern and southern Iraq where the world outcry will be less and the range of delivery vehicles greater.
Last, the key is the oil and its cash flow. If we cut it off or control it, then his Russian and French apologists shut up and get in line. Even the most loyal mercenary thugs know when their isn't another paycheck. They'll hang his beaten and bloody body from a lamp post for an appropriate cash reward and amnesty.
No weapons of mass destruction will be used by Iraq until Saddam is finished, and then they will be hand-delivered against the US civilian population.
We could offer him luxurious confinement on some island, a la Napoleon on Elba (with better guards to prevent a similar escape.) With so much of the U.S. government up in arms against the International Criminal Court, that strikes me as a better solution than a trial before an international tribunal.
In any case, I think Germany is likely to drop any opposition to us once Stoiber wins next month's election.
This article seems to make a good bit of sense. Chris, I'd be interested in your take.
It's a Silent War. Saddam knows it's happening, but he can't do anything about it. He's in the same position Hitler was vis a vis the United States in the summer of 1941. The U.S. was actively helping the Royal Navy in convoy duty and Hitler was loathe to retaliate, as he didn't want to give America a casus belli while his troops were moving deep into Russia.
I think I understand now.
Actions will be undertaken from here on in with increasing frequency. The SF will be using guerrilla tactics to soften up the Iraqi regime prior to the Main Event. The airbases are being upgraded so that the maximum number of troops can be airlifted in at any one time into Iraq itself.
Why worry about basing rights when you've siezed the northern tier of the country? They become your main base. Saddam's been counting on the Saudis and the Jordanians to turn us down. Saddam didn't figure that the Turks and ourselves would be so bold as to seize parts of his territory to use as a base.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
You got the words right but your sarcsm is all wrong. The drafters of the Constitution foresaw the need for the President as Commander in Chief to ACT with dispatch and thus they deliberately omitted "permission" from Congress. They gave Congress the power to declare war....knowing that it might be a time consuming partisan process just as it is today with all those empty-headed liberals in place. The framers of the Constitution knew the game of politics quite well and anticipated the disloyal opposition.
By deploying forces in small, regular bursts over a long time period it doesn't give the game away.
I don't want to break the security guidelines here though.
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