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2003-03-19 Iraq

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Posted by Bulldog 2003-03-19 04:04 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 GW1, the left hook's first contact was in a sandstorm. Downside is that now the Iraqis know that we're willing to operate in the middle of a sandstorm.
Crazy Americans.

Posted by Dishman 2003-03-19 04:21:27|| 2003-03-19 04:21:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Doesn't sandstorm = increased mechanical unreliability? With a longer trek involved this time, won't things be held back till it clears?

Posted by Bulldog 2003-03-19 04:44:54|| 2003-03-19 04:44:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Gosh...what do you know? Just about the time the 48 hour window is up...the sandstorms will die down.

God bless them, but I bet the weather forecasters are going to lose some sleep tonight. Fortunately they are really GOOD these days!!

Posted by becky 2003-03-19 06:34:17|| 2003-03-19 06:34:17|| Front Page Top

#4 I hope the weather is easier to predict in Iraq than Western PA--or maybe their metereologists are just better than our local ones!

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-19 08:12:07|| 2003-03-19 08:12:07|| Front Page Top

#5 My major concern is the weather. The longer we wait the worse the weather will gets now. That is the main reason why the US is not prepared to wait another month.

The 3th March was the right date and we missed it. No moon.

Posted by bernardz 2003-03-19 08:24:07|| 2003-03-19 08:24:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Den beste at USS Clueless posts a letter where the writer thinks we deliberately picked a date near the full moon to allow us to see the Iraquis surrendering.

Weathermen only TRY to predict the weather. General Patton, during the Battle of the Bulge, knew Who to ask to get the weather changed...

Posted by Ptah 2003-03-19 09:32:16|| 2003-03-19 09:32:16|| Front Page Top

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