[Happy2BMe]

You're very welcome.

"Hope the poor buggers all have the sense to make and hide their white flags while they can."

If you get a chance to talk to a Desert Storm vet, ask them if they were involved in any of the "repatriations" of the Iraqis then.

My step dad was Army Guard (Arizona) stationed inside Iraq.

He loved telling how the Iraqis would surrender by the hundreds to just two or three American soldiers - they did it by the thousands.

One single weapon in our arsenal had a devastating and demoralizing affect on the Iraqi forces - the B52 Stratofortress Bomber!

My step dad told me the Iraqis were literally shaking so violently from fear of death from the BUFF runs, many of them couldn't hold a water container in their hands long enough to get a drink of water - for many hours after they had surrendered.

Desert Storm Deja Vue!

[patriciaruth]

Give my regards to your Dad!

[KickRightRudder]

Read a story about 10 years ago of a guy who went back to Vietnam and learned of a Vietnamese man who would piss his pants whenever a car backfired. He said the B-52's are responsible;"the scariest damn part of the entire war was seeing the b-52's approach". Still terrifying 'em after 50 years.

[barker]

The other night one of my sons asked a question I didn't know the answer to. He wanted to know what happened to the Iraqi troops that surrendered after the first war was over.

Did they stay in Iraq and if they did what did Saddam do to them? I can't imagine Saddam letting all of them live. Seems to me he would have to make an example of some of them.

Does your step-dad know?