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2003-02-06 Iraq

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Posted by Steve 2003-02-06 03:59 pm|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sounds like just like the last time. I know guys who were over there and they said half of the fodder didn't even have weapons.

Posted by tu3031 2003-02-06 12:57:37|| 2003-02-06 12:57:37|| Front Page Top

#2 The Iraqi 'civilians' are making sure the 'Iraqi soldiers' don't surrender.

The US should put up a beacon on the Kuwaiti side of the border (away from the majority of our troops) and drop leaflets telling the Iraqi's to come to the beacon and surrender during the night. That way we can hopefully keep them from surrendering enmass, in front of our tanks.

The morale bonus of Iraqi's trickling out of the trenches will be terrible. It would be even worse when those same Iraqi's that escaped are talking into the radio to their buddies telling them to kill the officers and head for the border as well.

Posted by Yank 2003-02-06 17:35:32|| 2003-02-06 17:35:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Gawd, I'm actually moved by these poor guys' plight.

Reason 1,000,006 why Saddam & Sons must go--what kind of vicious psycho scum puts unequipped and outclassed kids on the front lines just to die?

I hope those kids surrender as soon as the war starts; it'd be bad for our guys' morale to have to shoot many of 'em.

Posted by JDB 2003-02-06 20:59:00|| 2003-02-06 20:59:00|| Front Page Top

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