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2011-03-23 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by tipper 2011-03-23 06:26|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Deploying without their boots, presumably.

Posted by Grunter 2011-03-23 08:12|| 2011-03-23 08:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Hopefully these Marines can get through this. It's not their normal mission description.

As was stated in Michael Yon's "One Giant Leap", they like to show up "in force with no warning".

This 'little' operation seems pretty knee-jerk and the hamster analogy is a good one, tipper.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2011-03-23 09:50|| 2011-03-23 09:50|| Front Page Top

#3 I guess we'll see if this is Arab bravado or bullshit.

Echoing rebel opposition to any intervention by foreign ground forces, he said: "We need the no-fly zone for them to strike the heavy armor. But if they bring land forces we will leave Qadaffy alone and they will be our new target."

Posted by Oscar Spineck3066 2011-03-23 12:59|| 2011-03-23 12:59|| Front Page Top

#4 This is kind of old news. I think the order came down on the 28th of Feb under the precursor of lose munitions of mustard gas sitting in the desert covered by plywood and a rock. But with this administration, who knows what they plan to do.
It's really a CF.

Posted by newc 2011-03-23 16:47|| 2011-03-23 16:47|| Front Page Top

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