rgoper 0 #26 January 27, 2003 Quote When has he fired to soon? this is my point exactly, we've been firing over there for months. (i've seen it for myself on numerous occasions) what part about our military, and our president are withholding information from the public don't you understand? i'm all for maintaining world peace, and i'm a "true blue" american. i just don't want to see another "twin tower" incident. anyone who thinks these idiots won't do it, needs to rethink the situation, they have no other recourse. they can't whoop our ass, so they'll just hit us "here and there" in small increments, and remember most of the people who will carry out these missions already reside here. do not under estimate these people. "sabre rattling" like we need to do that, Iraq knows we can inialate them at our whim, but we can't destroy their beliefs and idealogy. the Iraqi's already have C-4 strapped onto hundreds of oil and gas wells in this region, a simple "flick of the switch" will cause an immediate catastrophic situation. it is my belief that if everyone maintains a "cool head" we can let diplomacy take care of this situation without any "knee jerk" reaction from anyone. i guess i've just lived long enough to realize my mortality and a strong desire for "world peace"--Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #27 January 27, 2003 QuoteSo I guess what I was saying is that Bush Sr didn't make a mistake per say. He was trying to give the Iraqi's a chance to get Saddham out themselves. He wasn't trying to give anyone a chance. Bush Sr. stated himself in an interview on the History channel that the only reason they stopped and didn't go into Baghdad, and didn't go after the republican guard (which was one of the stated objectives of the mission) was so as not to piss off the other arab countries. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #28 January 27, 2003 I watched that interview.. He said it was to give the guard a chance to escape and not be slaughtered,,,, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #29 January 27, 2003 Quotewas so as not to piss off the other arab countries. ie: mainly Saudi-Arabia. the Saudis have a lot of influence on our actions in that region, if it is of no benefit to them, they will not support it, and we cannot control that particular region of the world. (Saudi-Arabia)--Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #30 January 27, 2003 QuoteHe said it was to give the guard a chance to escape and not be slaughtered,,,, Exactly...because by the time we were ready to hunt them down, images of "the road of death" had already been plastered all over the world. So, instead of going after and neutralizing the trained and loyal troops, we slaughtered the retreating inductees. Not that we shouldn't have attacked armed troops in the field, but we should have prioritized our actions based on the stated objectives and not claim we let the republican guard go for any sort of humanitarian reason. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
