Article

2003-02-24 Iraq

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Steve White 2003-02-24 09:06 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The final assault on the UN will be a disaster. When will the brain dead persons in the State Department realize that the UN exists to thwart any American plan, even a perfectly innocent plan to sanitize filthy toilets on a camp site in some wild park ?

It will end 11-4, and that's based on the assumption that Blair is still PM of the UK on the day of the vote (which is highly unlikely, as the backbenchers will sink him on Wednesday). Attack now, before the UN charade.

Posted by Peter 2003-02-24 03:44:00|| 2003-02-24 03:44:00|| Front Page Top

#2 I agree that this final UN push is likely to be a "disaster"... for the UN itself, at least in the eyes of popular opinion in the US and among our real allies (e.g. "New" Europe, UK, AUS, Japan, etc.) Might that not be part of the plan?

Posted by jrosevear 2003-02-24 07:31:02|| 2003-02-24 07:31:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Off topic, can someone help me figure out a visitor to my site, macpearson.nipr.mil? I like to recognize the military sites that visit me with a blog post. Thanks!

Posted by Chuck 2003-02-24 07:36:39|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-02-24 07:36:39|| Front Page Top

#4 I find it odd that you want to identify people who post to your blog. Besides, it seems more likey you could get the guy in trouble if he's busy blogging his opinion from a .mil site. I'm sure your intentions are good, but maybe you should let people give you that information rather than to sleuth it. Maybe I'm off base here, but it's JMHO.

Posted by becky 2003-02-24 10:28:38|| 2003-02-24 10:28:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Becky, you can configure your browser to prevent your URL from appearing. I'm using eXtreme site tracking, the basic package, hardly an intrusive item.
The reason I asked is that NIPR.MIL shuts me out completely. Most .MIL sites have a home page that I can link to, such as the 16th Special Ops Wing and I'd like to recognize our men and women in the military when I can. Also, the Naval Support Facility at Souda Bay, Crete. Both sites VERY COOL, and I'm glad someone from there took the time to visit.

Posted by Chuck 2003-02-24 10:51:29|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-02-24 10:51:29|| Front Page Top

#6 OK, never mind. I found it, on the tin foil sites. NIPR stands for National Internet Protocol Router. No home page.

Posted by Chuck 2003-02-24 10:53:58|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-02-24 10:53:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Well then, here's a Rantburg shout-out to the fine folks at National Internet Protocol Router! (Motto: No packet left behind)

Keep up the good work.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-02-24 11:31:50|| 2003-02-24 11:31:50|| Front Page Top

#8 "the Department of Defence is prepared"?
Not "the US is prepared"? I don't the sound of that. It almost sounds like he's saying "it's not my fault" that the war on Iraq failed.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-02-24 11:48:58|| 2003-02-24 11:48:58|| Front Page Top

#9 Last I checked, Rummy's responsibility is the DoD. Protocol is that you speak for your own bailiwick. Saying the 'US is prepared' is the privilege of GWB.

Posted by Nero 2003-02-24 12:08:04|| 2003-02-24 12:08:04|| Front Page Top

#10 The way these bastards are desperately trying to hinder action to get rid of Saddam you'd think their very life was at stake. Something smells here really bad, and it ain't Ch'iraq's old socks.

Posted by RW 2003-02-24 14:55:36|| 2003-02-24 14:55:36|| Front Page Top

#11 I don't remember who said it (samizdata.net?) but supposedly the main reason for all the delay was due to discovering that our NBC equipment was crap and needed to be re-ordered en-masse. Supposedly it was a rush job. The delay in shipping people over was due to not wanting them being sitting ducks with inadequate NBC gear.

Given that, I see the delay as prudent...

Posted by Ptah 2003-02-24 15:01:15|| 2003-02-24 15:01:15|| Front Page Top

09:38 raptor
08:38 raptor
08:17 raptor
00:50 RW
23:58 True German Ally
23:51 Rex Mundi
23:51 True German Ally
23:41 Rex Mundi
23:09 RW
22:53 frank martin
22:46 Fred
22:32 Alaska Paul
22:24 Alaska Paul
22:17 Alaska Paul
22:12 True German Ally
22:07 Anon
22:04 Steve White
21:44 Anonymous
21:39 Anonymous
21:29 Anonymous
21:22 Chuck
21:14 RW
21:14 Drew
21:08 Denny