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2006-11-05 Britain

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Posted by Oztralian 2006-11-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Airborne leads the way, even in the UK.

Posted by OldSpook 2006-11-05 00:31|| 2006-11-05 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Um maybe its me but 12 hour standby notice? Isn't that violating a bit of OPSEC?

Posted by Valentine 2006-11-05 02:00|| 2006-11-05 02:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Good Training.

Posted by closedanger@hotmail.com">closedanger@hotmail.com 2006-11-05 06:24|| 2006-11-05 06:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Excellent graphic.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-11-05 07:45|| 2006-11-05 07:45|| Front Page Top

#5 I figured the story would be about dropping them into London. :/

Posted by RJB in JC MO 2006-11-05 09:05|| 2006-11-05 09:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Paris, RJB.

Posted by Skidmark 2006-11-05 10:53|| 2006-11-05 10:53|| Front Page Top

#7 12 hour standby is SOP for any airborne unit on alert, so no OPSEC issue.

The enemy may know its a 12 hour standby, but they don't know WHICH 12 hours it is :-)

Posted by OldSpook 2006-11-05 10:56|| 2006-11-05 10:56|| Front Page Top

#8 I'd rather they acted in Iran if we need them -- there should be prioritized lists of objectives in WW IV too.

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2006-11-05 10:59|| 2006-11-05 10:59|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't want a single trooper in Iran. I want nukes, lots of nukes. There is not one single thing in Iran worth dieing over. there are thousands of reasons to kill for. The logic is easy. They want to meet allah, we can arange it.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-11-05 17:11|| 2006-11-05 17:11|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm OK with that, 49 Pan.

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2006-11-05 17:22|| 2006-11-05 17:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Would you be satisfied with Daisycutters and such, 49 Pan? It's just that there'd be less fussing later.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-11-05 20:52|| 2006-11-05 20:52|| Front Page Top

#12 I don't want a single trooper in Iran. I want nukes, lots of nukes. There is not one single thing in Iran worth dieing over. there are thousands of reasons to kill for. The logic is easy. They want to meet allah, we can arange it.

Listen to trailing wife, folks. Why give Islam any excuse to retaliate with atomic weapons? That would be insanity and remove all indignation for us, were we to be hit with a terrorist nuclear attack. I'm truly surprised you haven't gotten this by now. MOABs and JDAMS will destroy Iran just as well without the lingering fallout. Everything else you say, 49 Pan, I agree with. No boots on the ground, just boots up mullah ass.

Trust me, I understand the visceral satisfaction that would arise from watching mushroom clouds sprout like pistachio trees throughout Iran. Don't think I haven't considered it as well. Now is simply not the time.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-05 23:27|| 2006-11-05 23:27|| Front Page Top

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