War Thread 1

[Hila]

Everybody take more minutes throughout the coming days to pray for all our troops - it is vital that we do our part in prayer and not spend all our time glued to TV. We will see our boys and girls coming back to us, having done an excellent job.

[Rastus]

Someone who doesn't understand that we are here to serve Him, not the other way around.

[MomwithHope]

Joke - What did Saddam say to his son's after they got their legs blown off in this early strike??

Let's Roll!

[LauraJean]

Just listen to some ignorat broad talk about how great U.N. inspections were and how we should give peace a chance. Sounds like a ''red diaper doper granny''

[MomwithHope]

I'm so glad the grownups are in charge

[txradioguy]

"Just listen to some ignorat broad talk about how great U.N. inspections were and how we should give peace a chance."

Along with Saddam and his son's, the U.N. has just been rendered irrevelavent. Buh-bye.

[txradioguy]

NBC confirming that Saddam was the target of the airstrike tonite. 40 Tommahawks used in the strike.

[MomwithHope]

40 - wow hopefully not much of him left to roll.

[txradioguy]

also several of the 2,000 lb "bunker busters" involved. Let's hope Saddam is now wondering where his 72 virgins are right about now.

[LauraJean]

Okey, I don't think I can take liberals. The last idiot on C-SPAN said the war was just about oil and we were just as bad as Saddam. Now another idiot stated that he wanted to know what Bush knew since ''he flew out of the way, out into Florida. There have been a few for the war but for the most part the callers have been the ''usefull idiot'' types. i am not sure how long I can take this.

[El Gato]

This 21st century warfare reminds me of the civil war when the ladies would put on their best pettycoats and bring a lunch basket to view the battle from a hillside.LOL!

It only started that way. Nobody was watching Gettysburg from the hillsides while eating a picnic lunch!

[MomwithHope]

Can't you get Fox News??

[Rastus]

also several of the 2,000 lb "bunker busters" involved. Let's hope Saddam is now wondering where his 72 virgins are right about now.

"The bunker buster was so devastating, the virgins were taken out, too. Sorry, Saddy."

[txradioguy]

Of course, it would be nice if there was a misprint and he (Saddam) gets there and is met by George Washington and the members of the continental congress and they beat the shit out of him telling him "It was 72 VIRGINIANS @sshole! LOL!

[nwpatriot]

I love it! Aahahahahaaa!

[MomwithHope]

Just a few days ago I heard on the news that Benneton clothing would make clothes with implanted chips for tracking and identification. They are as big as a grain of sand and are woven into the fabric. Who knows what kind of tracking/bugs they have gotten close to Saddam, he probably had plenty of aides wanting to defect but too afraid, but willing to help track him.

[txradioguy]

I sure hope that's the case. And if someone or several someone's on the inside of that regime are helping us, then they REALLY need our prayers and support. To do that knowing what's gonna happen if you get caught is the ULTIMATE definition of bravery.


FNC is now getting media pool video of the cruise missiles that were launched from the ships earlier.

[txradioguy]

Following is the text of President Bush's remarks as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks Inc.

BUSH: My fellow citizens, at this hour American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.

On my orders, coalition forces have begun striking selected targets of military importance to undermine Saddam Hussein's ability to wage war. These are opening stages of what will be a broad and concerted campaign.

More than 35 countries are giving crucial support, from the use of naval and air bases, to help with intelligence and logistics, to the deployment of combat units. Every nation in this coalition has chosen to bear the duty and share the honor of serving in our common defense.

To all of the men and women of the United States armed forces now in the Middle East, the peace of a troubled world and the hopes of an oppressed people now depend on you.

That trust is well placed.

The enemies you confront will come to know your skill and bravery. The people you liberate will witness the honorable and decent spirit of the American military.

In this conflict, America faces an enemy who has no regard for conventions of war or rules of morality. Saddam Hussein has placed Iraqi troops and equipment in civilian areas, attempting to use innocent men, women and children as shields for his own military; a final atrocity against his people.

I want Americans and all the world to know that coalition forces will make every effort to spare innocent civilians from harm. A campaign on the harsh terrain of a nation as large as California could be longer and more difficult than some predict. And helping Iraqis achieve a united, stable and free country will require our sustained commitment.

We come to Iraq with respect for its citizens, for their great civilization and for the religious faiths they practice. We have no ambition in Iraq, except to remove a threat and restore control of that country to its own people.

I know that the families of our military are praying that all those who serve will return safely and soon.

Million of Americans are praying with you for the safety of your loved ones and for the protection of the innocent.

For your sacrifice, you have the gratitude and respect of the American people and you can know that our forces will be coming home as soon as their work is done.

Our nation enters this conflict reluctantly, yet our purpose is sure. The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder.

We will meet that threat now with our Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines, so that we do not have to meet it later with armies of firefighters and police and doctors on the streets of our cities.

Now that conflict has come, the only way to limit its duration is to apply decisive force. And I assure you, this will not be a campaign of half measures and we will accept no outcome but victory.

My fellow citizens, the dangers to our country and the world will be overcome. We will pass through this time of peril and carry on the work of peace. We will defend our freedom. We will bring freedom to others. And we will prevail.

May God bless our country and all who defend her.

[LauraJean]

Yes I can. In fact I was listening to Fox News from the living room and I had c-span on with closed caption. (strange but I'm a news junkie)I wanted to see what the useful idiots were talking about. So if they said something really stupid I could pass it along to my fellow freepers.