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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:02 PM Original message |
Hate to say this,but I predict a Khe Sahn or Dien Bien Phu type of |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think the entire green zone is one large Khe Sahn situation |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. When our troops went in I thought they'd have to shoot their way |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The sad part is, it isn't the troops fault, only the leaders. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. True. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 12:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
37. The insurgents don't have the type of firepower that would |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. I was just explaining to my 9-year-old son the significance of Dien |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. We should ask for safe conduct and get the hell out of there now, |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'm inclined to agree. Jeebus, what hath that Chimp wrought??? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. stupid he, he don't know. he see silver spoon, it glistens so. |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, you are being a little bit of an Alarmist |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. But they have knives and work next to the troops |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Huh? |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. They have bad weather in Iraq from time to time, and unlike the |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Bad weather? Sandstorm |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I guess what I am saying is that a unit is going to get cut off |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. unles the Iranis pump in the stuff |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Iran is a much different story |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. I don't mean an Irani armed intervention |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. That's bullshit |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Okay, I never said our troops aren't being killed for a LIE. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Brits ran into a bit of trouble in Ireland during their civil war. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. There was also that little flap with the Brits in 1812 |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. more like a Berezina... |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. I've always feared the troops there would be swallowed up |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Psychologically the U.S troops are fucked. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. That would make us France |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I don't know which defeat you are aiming at... |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Prejudices? What? |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. I'm too sensitive tonight... |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. How about more of a Saigon |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. And You Forgot A Big One, In My Opinion |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. Ridiculous |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Spot on. |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. This is the way the world ends |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Shouldn't have mentioned battles, just a unit getting cut off. |
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Devil Dog Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. You know we kicked the shit out the enemy at Khe Sahn, right? |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Trying to come up with units that were cut off. Probably not a |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
38. Well, we could turn the Country back over to Saddam. |
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