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2005-08-11 Iraq-Jordan

UK intercepts IRGC arms shipment to Iraqi insurgency

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-08-11 03:18|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So now we've caught a shipment, and the Brits have caught another shipment...

Posted by trailing wife 2005-08-11 07:53|| 2005-08-11 07:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like two separate shipments, according to my math.

In all probability, these two shipments are the tip of the iceberg.

Posted by Captain America 2005-08-11 08:38|| 2005-08-11 08:38|| Front Page Top

#3 And despite these developments, it will be business as usual:

More talk of early withdrawal;

More idiotic statements like: "If we had more troops in Iraq, we'd offer the insurgents more targets." Huh?

I found this in my WW2 vet uncle's attic:

US ARMY Order of the Day Briefing:

Gen. Eisenhower: Gentlemen, I've decided to offer the Germans defending Normandy's coastline fewer targets. I am scaling back the initial D-Day plus-one landing force from 155,000 men to 15,000. We'll scatter them in such a way as to have each man separated from the next by 100 yards.

My uncle: Uh, General sir, wouldn't that give the Germans a counter-attack advantage?

Gen. Eisenhower: Son, you fight with the Army you've got, not the one you'd like to have.

Posted by Glolusing Flereth5459 2005-08-11 09:00|| www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]">[www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com] 2005-08-11 09:00|| Front Page Top

#4 More idiotic statements like: "If we had more troops in Iraq, we'd offer the insurgents more targets." Huh?

If the 150,000+ for D-Day was good, why not 1,500,000? Or 15,000,000? The Allies used the Normandy beachheads to pour troops into Europe -- why didn't they send all those troops in at zero hour?

Once you comprehend the answer, then maybe you'll understand one of the reasons for not sending more troops to Iraq.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-08-11 10:41|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-08-11 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Check here for the latest news on Scalp Itch.

http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com/

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-11 13:02|| 2005-08-11 13:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Now children,are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. Repeat after me until you know this off by heart.Bush is a Chimp,Bush is a Chimp, Bush is a Chimp,Bush is a Chimp. HAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA (Waits for Cletus and Brandine to take the bait)

Posted by Janice 2005-08-11 15:34|| 2005-08-11 15:34|| Front Page Top

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