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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (22014)	3/16/2003 11:48:40 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

I have saved the article from FADG. BUT just the first paragraph should give you cause to think about this.... who do we think has been helping to fund the terrorists? And provide the training camp for AQ in Iraq's Salman Pak? It should give the entire world cause to think. Again, if people knew Hitler was doing this, and stood by doing nothing....what does it say about the person who stood by and just watched, and said nothing.????? >>>>>>>The United States will soon be at war with Iraq. It would seem, on the face of it, a justifiable use of military force. Saddam Hussein runs one of the most tyrannical regimes in modern history. FOR MORE THAN 25 years he has sought to acquire chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, and has, in several documented cases, succeeded. He gassed 60,000 of his own people in 1986 in Halabja. He has launched two catastrophic wars, sacrificing nearly a million Iraqis and killing or wounding more than a million Iranians. He has flouted 16 United Nations resolutions over 12 years that have warned him to disarm or else, including one, four months ago, giving him a “final opportunity” to do so “fully and immediately” or face “serious consequences.” But in its campaign against Iraq, America is virtually alone. Never will it have waged a war in such isolation. Never have so many of its allies been so firmly opposed to its policies. Never has it provoked so much public opposition, resentment and mistrust. And all this before the first shot has been fired.

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (22014)	3/17/2003 12:05:05 AM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 25898

Awaiting ?G-Day? U.S. Considers Hypothetical Planning Dates For Air, Ground War By Lisa Sylvester [ABCNEWS.com] W A S H I N G T O N, March 15 ? U.S. military planners have begun circulating hypothetical dates for the start of air and ground offensives in Iraq, military sources told ABCNEWS. "A-Day," which would mark the start of an air war, and "G-Day," which would mark the start of a ground war, are marks on a calendar that the military is using as a theoretical timeline ? so it can be combat ready if and when President Bush decides to go to war. The actual G-Day and A-Day planning dates are not being publicly disclosed. Logistics in Motion Even the smallest units of the Army are now being told to be ready, which requires a high degree of coordination ? involving everything from programming targets to deciding the sleep schedules of pilots. "One of the greatest problems in modern warfare is you've got to synchronize vast numbers of land and air movements with a speed of reaction and an accuracy of targeting no one has ever done in warfare before," said Anthony Cordesman, an ABCNEWS military analyst. "You don't know the date you're going to fight on, but you constantly have to make changes as new forces arise and we re-deploy. "This exercise involves thousands of men and women, some in uniform, some in the intelligence community back in the United States," he added. "You're coordinating satellite data, data from unmanned aerial vehicles [and] data from Special Forces that may already be in Iraq. And to pull all of this together is something you almost have to do by the day." As the target dates approach, each American soldier has been issued a small "rules of engagement" card with clear instructions about who may be shot in battle ? basically anyone in a threatening posture, armed, or obviously signaling other potential enemies as to the coalition locations ? and who may not. The cards also include hypothetical scenarios. Above all else, they stress that deadly force is authorized at all times in occasions of self defense. More to Be Done Despite the target dates, there are several significant pieces that are not in place. The U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division ? 17,000 men and women who are expected to be among the first in combat ? is still waiting for some of its equipment. Because of Turkey's refusal to allow U.S. forces to use its airspace, 225 aircraft that were to be based in Turkey are not yet ready for action, and a dozen Navy warships still are in moving from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. "What senior U.S. commanders have said is this ? that if the president gives the order, they can start the campaign today," Cordesman said. "But the ability to fight that campaign successfully, quickly and with a minimum of risk is going to be limited by lack of reinforcements and by the fact that the forces in Turkey will not be available," he added. "So can war begin very quickly? Yes. Will there be an increase in risk? Well, yes to that too." abcnews.go.com