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2007-04-17 Iraq

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-04-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is good news. Nothing impresses the locals like a heavy tank bouncing the sand as it approaches. When the locals see tanks, AQ is outta business.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2007-04-17 02:15|| 2007-04-17 02:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Shirley the New York Times will pick up this article and spread the good news on Page 1.

Posted by Bobby 2007-04-17 06:40|| 2007-04-17 06:40|| Front Page Top

#3 The picture at the link is of a T-72. I wonder how many survived...

Posted by Bobby 2007-04-17 06:44|| 2007-04-17 06:44|| Front Page Top

#4 ...It will be interesting to see how this works out - I've always heard it said (and I firmly believe) that our guys could take the other side's gear and still win. Here we have Soviet tanks being run in accordance iwth US doctrine - looking forward to the results.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-04-17 09:03|| 2007-04-17 09:03|| Front Page Top

#5 And they need to get paid, too. This has been a major problem. I remember a Marine friend at the palace who would periodically fly the payroll satchel out to Anbar. It's the little things (!!) that are actually some of the big obstacles in a place like Iraq.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-04-17 09:45|| 2007-04-17 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 "...and stop calling me Shirley!"

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-04-17 14:10|| 2007-04-17 14:10|| Front Page Top

#7 USN, Ret.

Now here this, "...and stop calling me Shirley!"

LMAO!

Posted by RD">RD 2007-04-17 20:18|| 2007-04-17 20:18|| Front Page Top

#8 "T-55"s > didn't the Soviets = Russians produce 50,000 - 80,000 of these "Soviet/Russian Shermans" during the Cold War??? Good enuff for crowd control + crushing Warsaw Pact demonstrations agz the USSR, but haven't defeated a major Western army yet.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-04-17 23:31|| 2007-04-17 23:31|| Front Page Top

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