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| US navy sends heavy armour to Gulf |
| 2002-09-05 |
| The U.S. Navy has booked a large ship to carry tanks and heavy armor to the Persian Gulf this month as the Pentagon presses home a case for ousting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, shipping sources said on Wednesday. The U.S. military sealift command chartered a U.S. flagged general cargo ship to sail from the southeast U.S. coast to an unspecified Middle Eastern port in the Persian Gulf for discharge in late September, they said. This is the third shipment of arms and military hardware in a month using commercial shipping, which military analysts say shows the U.S. Navy has probably exhausted the capacity of its own fleet and resorted to the open market. Wonder if Sammy's getting worried yet...? The formal tender document, seen by Reuters, shows the ship will carry 67 separate pieces of "track general cargo, containerized cargo and rolling stock" measuring 56,000 square feet (5,202 sq metres), slightly larger than a soccer pitch. Military experts say the dimensions and weight of the pieces specified in the document match almost exactly those of the standard U.S. Abrams battle tank. Heh heh, and heh! |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 AW: There are some circumstantial factors that suggest that an attack on Iraq is inevitable, even though President Bush is lukewarm on the plans. Don't forget that the National Security Act administration places the U.S. President in a functional role, in certain situations. How will the war be conducted? I would predict lightening demolitions of Saddam's entire command structure, followed by landings of a small siege army around Baghdad. Once it became impossible for Saddam to lead, all but a few of his allies would abandon him. I would predict a bloody coup, followed by a surrender. Things would go a lot better for Americans if some scrutiny was applied to President Bush's strong defense of Shariah governments, in Karzai's Afghanistan and elsewhere. If it is true that he offered a Sharia governed Iraq to the Saudis, in his recent meeting with Prince Bandar, then he should be impeached. On that note, your frustrations are understandable. |
| Posted by: Allah the Dog Faced God 2002-09-05 23:15:04 |
| #1 Come on, guys, let's face it: Irregardless of whatever rumor, gossip, or whatever you post here, there will be no US attack on Iraq. The deck is hopelessly stacked against us. And even if the US will attack, the victory that'll be achieved will most likely be a hollow one--what with the combined powerful voices of our "progressive" elites, our Congress,our European (and Arab) "allies," the UN, and the Third World. And did I leave out Iraq's ol' buddies, Russia and China? What with all the billions of dollars these countries stand to do with Iraq (and with Iran as well), while also sticking it to the American Hegemony? I don't think Bush is conducting a "bluff"; but the deck is hopelessly stacked--and Bush is no fighter, as we've seen in the first several, months of his Administration. Every time the Democrats and American Left pushes, he appeases and accomodates; to paraphrase the Parable of the Talents in the Good Book, a man who's ghood at doing little things can be entrusted with bigger things; I suppose the opposite applies just as well. There will be no atttack on Iraq; if one does happen, it will at most end in a hollow "victory" much like the LAST Gulf War. And, in just the same vein, we might as well accept what common sense has been telling us all along: there will be NO revolution in Iran (in anycase, I'm STILL waiting for the "inevitable" revolution in Red China--remember that? It was supposed to happen---what? Any day now, they keep saying? What with the Internet and all that? If "outdated" Chinese Reds can succeed, then why not the Iranian mullahs?) The lawsuit against the Fraudis will fail, while the Fraudi lawsuit against America will succeed. With or without Karzai, the so-called "Government" in Kabul will fall. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda will be resurrected, bigger and badder than ever, complete with even more help from the duplicitous Pakis and Fraudis. America will finally betray Israel, and we will see a Second Holocaust as the Palestinians and their Arab "allies" procede to crucify that nation. (And, of course, once that's done, the Arab world can go on and crucify the Palestinians...) I hate to sound so pessimistic, but it's been a year since 9/11; what have we got to show for it? All the achievements (e.g. Afghanistan)are starting to look hollow. Has anyone heard about this stupid Asian Peace Alliance, planning on starting their Goebellian campaign on the anniversary of the Massacre? What about that stupid new movie at the Venice Film Festival? And the response it garnered? What about that conference in Johannesburg? For the whole year, appeasement- and terrorist-apologetic Goebellianism have issued forth nonstop from the world's "consciousness industry." From our own intellectual, media, and cultural elites, never mind those of the Euros and the rest of the planet; from the official spokesmen and politicians of the EU and UN, from everywhere. It's not just "ideology" and propaganda. It's not just about Anti-Americanism and Anti-Israelism. There are too many things at stake for too many important people. What with all the oil wealth of the Fraudis and the rest of the Middle East, and all that Russian investment in Iraq and Iran.... Too many people are set out to ensure that this War will end in failure. Goebbels was right about one thing; and I see it starting to work. It's succeeding. Succeeding to the point that even if the US finally attempts to liberate Iraq it will, in some measure, fail. If Hussein is deposed, someone just as bad, if not worse, will take his place. Please, PLEASE, someone, ANYONE--you, Fred, anyone--PLEASE prove me wrong. I want to know that my speculation is wrong. You people on the blogosphere have done your best; it just ain't good enough. The appeasers, the Anti-Americans, the Islamofascists, the Tranzies, they all posess the high grounds, the strategic areas now... They should've been dislodged by now, this far after the Massacre of 9/11. And now, on the eve of the Massacre's anniversary... The people in the blogosphere talk amongst themselves as if they're the whole world. But the political/intellectual/cultural world outside the blogosphere remains the same. Nothing's changed. Did I forget to mention antything? What about our State Department?... Oh, forget it. I give up... |
| Posted by: AW 2002-09-05 21:57:54 |