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2002-12-19 Axis of Evil

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Posted by Steve 2002-12-19 11:40 am|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In GW I, the mighty Iraqi airforce up and flew to Iran. They sent the pilots back but kept the planes.

Yeah, moving a few hundred troops sends a message all right.

"Run away. Run away. Run away."
Monty Python

Posted by Chuck 2002-12-19 13:15:10|| [www.simmins.org] 2002-12-19 13:15:10|| Front Page Top

#2 To make such a public and ineffective move, in broad daylight, with us watching, may mean something different. How loyal is this unit, which was moved from Baghdad to far outside of it, to Hussein? Germans used to threaten poor officers with assignments to the Russian Front. Maybe this is kind of along those lines.

Posted by Ben 2002-12-20 07:11:41|| 2002-12-20 07:11:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Bah. "several hundred" is just chicken-feed. If a movement like this puts "great strain on the Military", then I'll be believing those estimates of a one-week battle.

More posturing.

BTW, if the airstrips are blocked from American planes landing, it only makes it more difficult for his planes to land also.

Posted by Ptah 2002-12-20 07:19:09|| 2002-12-20 07:19:09|| Front Page Top

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