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Post by Dragoon Tony on Mar 19, 2003 22:03:13 GMT -5
Just moments before I write this, the war on Iraq has begun. US air units have begun to bomb outside Baghdad to set up a more extensive attack....
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Post by Sokar468 on Mar 19, 2003 22:25:08 GMT -5
Good. It's about time we got this war machine rolling.
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Post by Ghosty on Mar 19, 2003 23:41:47 GMT -5
*makes war sounds* bum bum bum! It has begun! Who thinks iraq will use bio/chem weapons? They HAVE to realize if they do they are toast.... No1 will support them and they WILL be nuked, might start WW3! aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh   |
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Post by Zynx on Mar 20, 2003 6:52:57 GMT -5
They will use them as soon as we move on Baghdad. So far this is a fairly wimpy start to the war because our generals jumped the gun when they thought they could hit Saddam, but clearly they failed.
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Post by Seifer_Almasy on Mar 20, 2003 7:39:51 GMT -5
I don't think it will be World War III because Iraq doesn't have that big of a backing to stand up against the U.S. and whoever the allies are ...
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Post by Sokar468 on Mar 20, 2003 12:00:40 GMT -5
I don't think it will be World War III because Iraq doesn't have that big of a backing to stand up against the U.S. and whoever the allies are ... Trudat. And we won't use nukes either. It will cause too much collateral damage to civilians. Once the Iragi Regime uses chem/bio weapons, then the UN will realize that they have indeed been jerked around for 12 years. Then the U.S. will receive more support. |
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Post by The Moonshade Hero on Mar 20, 2003 12:09:28 GMT -5
Why do I have a feeling it will get worse? I'm afraid, you know...
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Post by Ghosty on Mar 20, 2003 15:10:52 GMT -5
It could get worse..... but i doubt it unless either
-Iraq attacks Israel with chem/bio and Israel nukes or something...
-if ANY1 like the US uses nukes....
-If any of the other middle-east countries get really pissed off at the US, like we attack and then find out Iraq was telling the truth and there were no chem/bio weapons....
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Post by Sokar468 on Mar 20, 2003 15:49:57 GMT -5
-If any of the other middle-east countries get really pissed off at the US, like we attack and then find out Iraq was telling the truth and there were no chem/bio weapons.... Although the possibility of hiding weapons was our motive to attack, it is not the only objective of this war. Our goals also include returning Iraq to the Iraqi people from the Regime. It is quite clear that Saddam is a threat to innocent people even without bio/chem weapons. |
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Post by Zynx on Mar 20, 2003 17:06:38 GMT -5
The one thing we can hope for is that Saddam's generals turn on him immediatly and prevent us from losing too many soldiers.
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Post by Sokar468 on Mar 21, 2003 18:45:53 GMT -5
The one thing we can hope for is that Saddam's generals turn on him immediatly and prevent us from losing too many soldiers. The generals are too passionate about defending Saddam. It will be the ordinary ground troops that will be surrendering (as many already have). That will make the difference. |
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Post by Edgar Figaro on Mar 21, 2003 21:06:42 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]heh heh heh....we know Saddam has bio/chem weapons he used them on his own people when there was a protest. This war could be good for America, I mean, war IS bad, but how did we get out of the great depression? WWII.[/glow]
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Post by SwordMaster on Mar 21, 2003 22:57:20 GMT -5
The number of Iraqi troops that have surrendered has really suprised me. I thought almost none of them would surrender, but I just read where an entire divison(around 8,000 troops)surrendered 
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Post by Sektor on Mar 22, 2003 1:00:07 GMT -5
How long do you guys think this is gonna last?
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Post by Zynx on Mar 22, 2003 7:33:57 GMT -5
The number of Iraqi troops that have surrendered has really suprised me. I thought almost none of them would surrender, but I just read where an entire divison(around 8,000 troops)surrendered Of the 400,000 Iraqi regular army I thought that we would see 90% surrender so I wasn't surprised by this at all. If Saddam is dead, less than two more days. If he is alive, 2 weeks. That's a common misperception. The unemployment rate from the Great Depression had fallen 60% by the time WWII started and GDP had returned to its pre-Depression levels before we got into WWII. Granted WWII sped things up, but right afterwards we had 8 straight years of recession and high inflation. The difference between then and now is the government is not going to be giving hundreds of billions of dollars to military manufacturers like it did in WWII and therefore will not create an economic boost. The only economic boost that will come from this is lowering gas prices by securing Iraqi oil and removing some uncertainty, but so much damage was done by both so far that we may be in recession. |
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Thanks Oldy!