Excuse Me..

Post-9/11 Era Forum

I always thought " WAR " was an act of surprise, I didn't think when then the " JAPS" bombing Pearl Harbour, they were telegraphing they're move "minute-by-minute".... then why are we giving soooo much time for this #$%#%# when we should give him his own medicine!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Because, unlike many countries: We like to tell the world what we are doing.

In actuallity Japan had sent a message to the U.S. government declaring war prior to bombing Perl Harbor. The message however was delayed in getting to the president. I think it was placed in a stack of messages to be distributed or something like that.

The prob. is we have to say what we are going to do or all of these anti-war buffoons would accuse us of a unilateral attack, which they are still trying to do

There were people who protested the US giving assistance to Kuwait when Iraq invaded them.

I think the French and Russia didn't vote for that either. Don't know about Germany

Probably because Iraq offered X-amount of free oil if they did

Aside from taking the time to try to win international support through diplomacy, which for the U.S. is a euphemism for bribery and intimidation, it does no harm to broadcast the plans to the world, as the enemy is so weak that it doesn't matter. In short, there is no need for a surprise attack. This will not be a war, it will be a slaughter.

A slaughter? How do you figure?
If they don't fire back and end up surrendering like they have already attempted too - there shouldn't be a high death toll.

Oh it's not going to be a walk in the park by any means. Those Iraqi solders on the outer fringes near the border will probably lay down their arms and surrender. Howeve as we get closer to Bagdad things will get tougher. The Republican Guard will fight hard and then you have Saddams Elite Body Guards. Of course before they get to the Republican Guards there is that ring of WMD surrounding Bagdad. Oh and don't forget the smoke from all the oil wells he plans to torch. And there is a possiblility that he will blow some Dam's on the Tigris and Euehrates rivers. That would be real bad. Let's hope that he doesn't do that.

Wouldn't that greatly affect Baghdad goots?

I should thinks so but that is the report from a defector. Of course I wonder how many of these defectors are setups from Saddam as disinformation?

That thought has occured to me as well...
Sending out an individual with information just to see how far one would go against him maybe?