The Official Iraq War Thread...

[pbzmag]

Sarin and Mustard gas has been found! Not trace elements, but readied missiles loaded with them. News here

[1stdeadeye]

Re: Re: Re: Re: WRONG!

Originally posted by SlartyBartFast


I'll stick to the Queen's English thanks.

If it was spelled that way by a transvetite would it be the Drag-Queen's English?


Actually.....

You're absolutely wrong when it comes to the UK, Canada, and Australia. In Canada the day-to-day head of state is the Governor General (appointed by the Prime-Minister) but officially it's the Queen.

Not really. The UK is techically a Constitutional Monarchy. The Monarch is a symbol with no power (but she has lots of $$$ ). The Parliment controls the government.

Israel has the Kennessit (sp?) not a parliament, and by virtue of having a President is a Republic.

Actually, Israel has a parlimentary system. Their presidential position is largely symbolic. Also to have a parlimentary system, you don't have to call it Parliment.

I'm not the only one that needs to 'Keep learning'

I'd dig out my pol-sci books from College, but that's going back a bit too far...

I never stop learning. One day maybe I'll be as all-knowing as CollegeBoy!

[SlartyBartFast]

I'll make this my last foray on this topic (which is OT for the thread).

Originally posted by 1stdeadeye
[B]Originally posted by SlartyBartFast
Not really. The UK is techically a Constitutional Monarchy. The Monarch is a symbol with no power (but she has lots of $$$ ). The Parliment controls the government.

[Rebel46_99]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: WRONG!

Originally posted by 1stdeadeye
Originally posted by SlartyBartFast


I'll stick to the Queen's English thanks.

If it was spelled that way by a transvetite would it be the Grag-Queen's English?


Actually.....

You're absolutely wrong when it comes to the UK, Canada, and Australia. In Canada the day-to-day head of state is the Governor General (appointed by the Prime-Minister) but officially it's the Queen.

Not really. The UK is techically a Constitutional Monarchy. The Monarch is a symbol with no power (but she has lots of $$$ ). The Parliment controls the government.

Israel has the Kennessit (sp?) not a parliament, and by virtue of having a President is a Republic.

Actually, Israel has a parlimentary system. Their presidential position is largely symbolic. Also to have a parlimentary system, you don't have to call it Parliment.

I'm not the only one that needs to 'Keep learning'

I'd dig out my pol-sci books from College, but that's going back a bit too far...

I never stop learning. One day maybe I'll be as all-knowing as CollegeBoy!

Easy 1st... either spelling is correct in many parts of the world as are many other words, i.e. center/centre, etc....

And ... unless you've lived under their political system, you shouldn't presume to tell them how it works, you're not CollegeBoy yet. SBF admitted his mistake on ours so lighten up a little.

DW

[aaron_mag]

Re: Hey!

Originally posted by 1stdeadeye
Hey be nice Aaron Mag. I started a birthday thread for you!

P.S. Happy Birthday!

P.P.S. I can't be the know it all American. That is CollegeBoy's job

Thanks for the birthday wish although to be honest it is depressing. I'm 32!!!!!!! No longer just getting into the 30s I'm now a confirmed old man!

BTW you don't want me to be nice.....you need me around to keep you in check:) .

[cphilip]

Hey Guys I just got back from the beach. No sign of Saddam down there...

I found this interesting;

Iraqi Minister Denies Baghdad Siege
'No American infidels in city at all'

But yet...here is picture of our guys in the Palace taking a break...



Story about this Palace is here Unbelievble stuff this is.

My heartfelt sympathies to David Blooms family. He did a great job over there and its a tragic loss.

My condolences to the Kurdish troops killed and injured in the Friendly fire incident. Very tragic. It now appears that the air strike was called in to help them overrun an Iraqis position. But unbeknownst to us, the Kurds had captured some Iraqis tanks and were using them and the Air strike didn't know they had em.

You see the Sarin Gas exposure reports?

Looks like Chemical Ali is dead and good ridance to his pathetic sole. He was a real killer of a new magnitude. There will be much Arab world rejoicing over this one. He was wanted by most of them for the major attrocities he commited against the Kurd and Shiite people. He personaly over saw the killings of 100,000 Kurds and untold as yet number Shiites.

That Story here

[aaron_mag]

Unfortunately friendly fire is a reality of war. Still the Kurds would not have been able to capture any tanks if it wasn't for our assistance.

Most the news, however, is good. I think this will be over soon which is what we all wish no matter what our divergent political beliefs.

[cphilip]

More Chemical Weapons found? We shall have to wait and see if its confirmed...

In what appeared to be a separate incident, U.S. National Public Radio reported U.S. forces near Baghdad found a cache of 20 medium-range missiles equipped with potent chemical warheads.

Citing a top official with the 1st Marine Division, NPR said the BM-21 missiles were equipped with sarin and mustard gas and were "ready to fire."

U.S. Central Command headquarters in Qatar had no immediate comment on the NPR report.

Full report here

[1stdeadeye]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: WRONG!

Originally posted by Rebel46_99


Easy 1st... either spelling is correct in many parts of the world as are many other words, i.e. center/centre, etc....

And ... unless you've lived under their political system, you shouldn't presume to tell them how it works, you're not CollegeBoy yet. SBF admitted his mistake on ours so lighten up a little.

DW

I WAS KIDDING!!

Get it!

[aaron_mag]

Originally posted by cphilip
More Chemical Weapons found? We shall have to wait and see if its confirmed...

In what appeared to be a separate incident, U.S. National Public Radio reported U.S. forces near Baghdad found a cache of 20 medium-range missiles equipped with potent chemical warheads.

Citing a top official with the 1st Marine Division, NPR said the BM-21 missiles were equipped with sarin and mustard gas and were "ready to fire."

U.S. Central Command headquarters in Qatar had no immediate comment on the NPR report.

Full report here

Yes I heard this during the morning commute. Has not been confirmed. At the same time the U.S. military is starting to tell soldiers that they don't need to wear the chemical suits as they believe that those that might have given the order to fire chemical weapons have either fled or are dead. Hopefully this is true.

My brother mentioned seeing a news report that showed the population of other arab nations watching television and getting extremely pissed off that we were not suffering heavy casulties in the forays to Baghdad. After the first Gulf war, Afghanistan, and this war there can be no doubt of the superiority of our military training/technology. That being said I think the 9/11 message of not messing with us has been delivered (personally I think the message had already been delivered with Afghanistan but that is another debate entirely). Hopefully we will not need any more military forays into any other countries in the near future!

[pbzmag]

Disregard my previous post. Looks like the chemicals that they found and field tested turned out to be pesticides after a team of biologists and chemists ran their own tests. Click here for the story.

[Rebel46_99]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: WRONG!

Originally posted by 1stdeadeye


I WAS KIDDING!!

Get it!

My Bad....

DW

[FactsOfLife]

Original quote from pbzmag's story link
The fact that the coalition forces have come up with no clear evidence of WMD after capturing much of Iraq in 19 days of fighting has raised questions over the war's justification.

BS. I'll reserve my judgement on whether or not it's banned agents when a reputable news agency reports on it or CENTCOM briefs us.

This one obviously has a serious axe to grind...

[aaron_mag]

Originally posted by FactsOfLife


BS. I'll reserve my judgement on whether or not it's banned agents when a reputable news agency reports on it or CENTCOM briefs us.

This one obviously has a serious axe to grind...

I don't they have an axe to grind. The NPR story this morning, however, is different. It was actual warheads discovered that appeared to have some sort of chemical agent. I doubt they would put pesticides in warheads....

EDIT:
Although it does sort of disprove the theory that the top officials "knew" something the rest of us didn't. Otherwise they wouldn't keep claiming to have found the smoking gun...

[FactsOfLife]

I'm way more inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to our boys in the field, than some two bit news agency or pool reporter with an agenda.

the mere fact that this story ends with a slap at the administration, is a disqualifier.