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2003-01-19 Axis of Evil

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-01-19 10:06 am|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hmmm - just where ARE the gates of Baghdad? I sure hope we have weapons that can get through them (battering ram? siege engine?)....oh wait! I forgot...we have planes and helicopters that can fly...where do these fools come up with this rhetoric? It's like 24/7 of KCNA broadcasts....

Posted by Frank G 2003-01-19 13:45:11|| 2003-01-19 13:45:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Safwan Airbase, March 3, 1991: Iraq Surrenders
The first demand I made of the Iraqis (led by Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. General Sultan Hasheem Ahmad) was that they immediately return all our POWs, and I wanted an accounting of exactly how many they had. This fellow came back with some numbers, a few here, a few there -- about 40 in all. I wanted to make absolutely sure that if they had any bodies of our soldiers, we got those back too. This guy stopped and said, "Wait - before that you have to tell us how many POWs of ours you have." "Right now," I answered, "we have 60,000 and we're still counting." His jaw dropped -- he just had no idea. The look on his face was classic. He was stunned, his eyes bugged out. I remember that moment more than any other."
-- Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf

Posted by mojo 2003-01-19 17:19:44|| 2003-01-19 17:19:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks for the quote, mojo! Made my day!

Posted by Ptah 2003-01-20 06:42:14|| 2003-01-20 06:42:14|| Front Page Top

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