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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:16 AM Original message |
US soldiers shy from battle in Iraq |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. better to sit and watch their tails |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Shades of Vietnam. |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. That's exactly what I thought too. Sounds very familiar. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
39. Didn't fragging increase as the war progressed as well? nt |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. As morale started to collapse with the protracted war, yes. |
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Vadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, right, the U.S. has not used white phosphorous .... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. As an artilleryman, I can tell you that the use of WP is |
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Vadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Thanks for responding and thank you so much for your service |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Bush denied it because he was afraid of losing allies so soon after the invasion, is my guess. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. M825 and M110 smoke are both 155mm WP artillery munitions |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. And WHY Did they Have White Phosphorus Mortar Rounds in the First Place? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. It's part of their UBL |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. If you believe using White Phosphorus as a weapon is against the law, you'd be wrong in that belief. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. Rec'd |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. No friggin' wonder the casualty count is going down. The |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. Good. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. While soldiers going AWOL in CONUS is bad enough |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Explain, please. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. If an NCO tells you that he accomplished a mission, you tend to believe them |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Do they ever really clear an area? Clear it and 10 mins later... |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. This is a different situation. Alot of these guys have been in theater several times and have put |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Define it as you will, but I fully support this |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Huh. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Unlike most of the keyboard commandos on this board |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Well then by all means, Rambo... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. A definite leadership challenge. |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. Sounds like the Army I knew and didn't love at the time. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. K&R |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. Good. |
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jhain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. As I read this |
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pointblank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. You might feel this way |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. K&R nt |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. I've been retelling this story in my taxi reports for a while now |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Just as long as our tax dollars keep flowing to BushCo's contractor friends. |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. Any bets on how long before the army puts GPS tracking devices in vehicles? |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. I'll bet you dollars to donuts they already have: |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. What if they gave a war and nobody came? Looks like the GIs are coming to their senses, |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. GOOOD MORNING VIETNAM |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
37. kick n/t |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
38. Is this the real reson for the lower casualty figures?? |
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