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To: sea_urchin who wrote (17839)	4/4/2003 7:47:24 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81256

>To appreciate why we’re making such progress, you have to understand the extraordinary advantages our forces have over the Iraqis. It’s a matter of overwhelming might Curiouser and curiouser. nzherald.co.nz >>>Only three hours earlier, the BBC had reported claims that forward units of an American mechanised infantry division were less than 16km west of Baghdad -- and that some US troops had taken up positions on the very edge of the international airport. But I was 27km west of the city. And there were no Americans, no armour, not a soul around the runways of the airport whose namesake, in poster form, sat nonchalantly in the arrivals lounge in a business suit, cigar in hand. Even more astonishingly, there was no sign of the 12,000 Republican Guards whom the US division expected to fight.<<< Beats me.

To: sea_urchin who wrote (17839)	4/4/2003 8:08:55 PM
From: Sawdusty	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81256

I need the help of a wise person here .......... Searle................... or anybody. I have always loathed suicide bombers, or any anonymous bomber who targeted the innocent or defenseless, all to make a political statement. Hell, any bomber that attacks others to further their political view, is positively disgusting, whether they be Arab, Irish, or homegrown North American, like ol' Timothy who decided to change the landscape of Oklahoma. What I'm torn with now, is wanting to support the position spouted on the networks, attempting to put forward the idea of unfair play by some Iraqi's who would dare give their life to protect their homeland by wrapping themselves with explosives, or God forbid, raise a white flag and then raise arms against the invaders. But I cannot. It isn't nice I agree, quite against the rules that we have come to expect. My problem is justifying the logic of sending an overwhelming force, the most formidable the world that has ever seen....... dropping smart bombs, cluster bombs, any freaking kind of bomb that you can imagine, some that you cannot, all from 40,000 feet, while having the pilots exclaim "wow, what a light show", "what a rush", while we sit glued to the TV witnessing the devastating destruction of innocent non combatants. This I should be proud of? I cannot. What's wrong with my thinking? This is more honorable? This is how it should be? This is righteous? This is what we have come to expect from the land of the brave? I ask myself, what would happen if the US was invaded and terribly bombed for two weeks? What would be the reaction? Would the massive store of chemical, biological weapons be used? Would nuclear explosives be used? I'm thinking yes, anything to protect the homeland. So why is it bad for Iraq to use what they have......people. Where are the WMD? Do any of us, other than GWB know that they have them? Why haven't they used them? I am humbled by my incomprehension.