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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: AuBug who wrote (23859)	12/15/2003 1:45:17 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Just a month ago...Saddam was giving MORE PRESS CONFERENCES than Bush.....oh well.... more snickering than I can handle with his childish humor and moronic gobbeltygook he thinks is English CC

To: AuBug who wrote (23859)	12/15/2003 3:51:16 PM
From: laura_bush	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 93284

[Edit]George is much more interested in counting the number of questions each reporter asks. He doesn't like to be asked more than one question by each reporter. He's the )*&%%$)& president, you see. Nobody shoves him around. Did (or have you in the past) noticed his condescending "familiarity" when addressing physicians? He calls them "docs." Very deliberate. Physicians, you see, are educated, intelligent people. George doesn't like educated, intelligent people. It's a put-down to doctors. And I'm convinced he continues to deliberately mispronouce "nuclear." He's belligerently PROUD of his ignorance. lb

To: AuBug who wrote (23859)	12/16/2003 3:31:58 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 93284

Which will be the next country (Bush) invades? Syria, Iraq, or North Korea? Syria would be quick and easy and only cost a few hundred more US lives but gains no resources for his corporate backers to profit from. Based on the premise that Bush is the handmaiden of the neocons, and the neocons are unreconstructed Zionists, the two most likely targets are Syria and Iran. The reasoning goes that Syria would be more useful and easier to knock off, since it could be taken in a pincer movement by a combined Israeli/U.S. force. Sharon, of course would be in complete control. It's important to note that Syria spends less than $1 Billion per annum on its military. Iran spends over $9 Billion. Who is Bush going to attack next? It's a no brainer. I haven't got completely reliable information on Syrian vs. Iranian Orders of Battle, but here's what I have come up with on a web search: SYRIA: CIA World Factbook Military Data: Military branches: Syrian Arab Army, Syrian Arab Navy, Syrian Arab Air Force (includes Air Defense Forces), Police and Security Force Military manpower - military age: 19 years of age (2003 est.) Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 4,715,386 (2003 est.) Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 2,629,148 (2003 est.) Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 210,941 (2003 est.) Military expenditures - dollar figure: $858 million (FY00 est.); note - based on official budget data that may understate actual spending Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 5.9% (FY00) Source: odci.gov SYRIAN ORDER OF BATTLE: 3 Corps Headquarters 7 Armored Divisions 1 Republican Guard Division 1 Special Forces Division 4 Independent infantry brigades 1 border guard brigade there are also 2 independent artillery brigades 2 independent anti-tank brigades 1 independent tank regiment 10 independent special forces regiments 3 surface to surface missile brigades 1 coast defense missle brigade Armored Division: 300 T62/T72 main battle tanks 300 BMP armored infantry fighting vehicles 50 BRDM armored reconnaissance 30 122mm 21 selfpropelled artillery 30 23mm ZSU-23-4 20 122mm BM21 Rocket launchers Mechnized Division 200 T55/T62/T72 250 BMP 250 BTR151/BTR60 APC 50 BRDM 30 122mm 2S1 30 23mm ZSU 20 122 mm BM21 Republican Guard Division 350 T62/T72 MBT 350 BMP2-3 350 BTR60/70 50 BRDM-2 30 122mm 2S1 and 20 152mm 2S3 50 23mm ZSU-23-4 30 122mm BM21 Overview over infantry small arms: 9mm PM/APS automatic pistols 7.62mm AK-AKM/AKSM 5,45mm AK74/AKS74 7,62mm RPK machine gun 5,45mm RPK74 machine gun 7,62mm PK-PKM machine gun 12,7 mm DSHK heavy machine gun The Syrian Army has currently 306.000, with 250,000 Soldiers avialble for front line service. The Airforce has (Air Force) (Soldiers) 30.000 (Air Defence) 40.000 Soldiers (Combat Aircrafts) 559 (Transport Aircrafts) 23 (Attack Helicopter) 100 (Helicopter) 118 (Navy) (Soldiers) 4.000 (Corvettes) 2 (Patrol Vessels) 8 (Minesweeper) 1 Reserves include 132,000 Men + 400.000 Militia (Paramilitaries Source: strategypage.com ****** IRANIAN ORDER OF BATTLE: First Army Headquarters Tehran Second Army Headquarters Esfahan Third Army Headquarters Shiraz 28th Mechanized Division Kerman 84th Mechanized Division Khorramabad 18th Armored Division Tehran 81st Armored Division Qazin 88th Armored Division Ahvaz 30th Infantry Division Tehran 40th Infantry Division Hamadan 58th Infantry Division Ahvaz 64th Infantry Division Bandar 'E Mah Shahr 77th Infantry Division Tabriz 23rd Special Forces Division Tehran 55th Parachute Division Tehran 351st SSM Brigade Tehran 75th Logistics Brigade Source: globalsecurity.org ** IRAN: CIA World Factbook on Military -- Military branches: Islamic Republic of Iran regular forces (includes Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force and Air Defense Command), Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) (includes Ground Forces, Air Force, Navy, Qods [special operations], and Basij [Popular Mobilization Army] forces), Law Enforcement Forces Military manpower - military age: 21 years of age (2003 est.) Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 20,343,063 (2003 est.) Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 12,094,551 (2003 est.) Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 870,711 (2003 est.) Military expenditures - dollar figure: $9.7 billion (FY00) Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 3.1% (FY00) odci.gov