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Posted: 12/26/2001 8:20:06 AM EDT
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Quoted: The Air force base close to me has just sent over 800 personnel to Saudi and there is talk of even more. Clinth Iraq ?? (The time must be drawing near for "Sodom Who'sinsane.) |
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Posted: 12/26/2001 8:46:40 AM EDT
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There has been a very large buildup of troops there in the past few months. Very quietly. Most people havent paid attention to it. It aint for show. You do the math.
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Posted: 12/26/2001 9:04:57 AM EDT
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im tellin ya, were headed for ww111..
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Posted: 12/26/2001 9:07:15 AM EDT
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Quoted: There has been a very large buildup of troops there in the past few months. Very quietly. Most people havent paid attention to it. It aint for show. You do the math. I sort of pride myself in staying abreast of the news but except for yours and "clinth's" post I haven't heard about it. Is the "our ?" media being American on this one ?? |
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Posted: 12/26/2001 12:31:27 PM EDT
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Quoted: The Air force base close to me has just sent over 800 personal to Saudi and there is talk of even more. Clinth Hell, we're both in Alaska and I didn't hear about it! Guess I need to pay more attention [:)] I've been watching the India/Pak movements. |
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Posted: 12/26/2001 1:09:50 PM EDT
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The Air National Guard's search and rescue unit was deployed to Kuwait too. Make what you will of that.
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Posted: 12/26/2001 1:26:55 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: There has been a very large buildup of troops there in the past few months. Very quietly. Most people havent paid attention to it. It aint for show. You do the math. I sort of pride myself in staying abreast of the news but except for yours and "clinth's" post I haven't heard about it. Is the "our ?" media being American on this one ?? I have only seen about 2 or 3 mentions of it. I dont know if the media is actually being "American" for once or if the Pentagon is just staying tight lipped. Either way its nice for a change instead of having CNN blab stuff everywhere. I like getting info and knowing whats going on as much as everyone else, but I just think it needs to be done in the right way. Lets hope that the media is just sitting quiet on this so that when we are ready we can knock the living crap out of anything in the area that we choose. it sure is an awe inspiring sight to see an endless line of M1's thundering across enemy land! Sorry, I'm rambling again. |
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Posted: 12/26/2001 1:29:37 PM EDT
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Maybe since Bush has taken office we have built up our reserves so much that we are running out of place to put them, so we had to ship some of them to Saudi to make room for new recruits?[%|]
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Posted: 12/26/2001 2:12:09 PM EDT
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Ponyboy, that "Maybe" makes your post bullet-proof !!
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Posted: 12/26/2001 2:33:18 PM EDT
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Quoted: Hell, we're both in Alaska and I didn't hear about it! Guess I need to pay more attention [:)] I've been watching the India/Pak movements. That is extremely scary to me. I read an excerpt from a Paki official that said they would use nukes if they thought their Nation's existence was being threatened. I sure as hell hope they keep the lids on the nukes. Especially with our troops in Pakistan. |
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Posted: 12/26/2001 3:36:17 PM EDT
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It's all a normal troop training rotation.
The army rotated out a Bn, and rotated in 3.... Nothing to see there. |
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Posted: 12/26/2001 3:38:43 PM EDT
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How about for operations against Somalia?
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Posted: 12/26/2001 4:37:31 PM EDT
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Uh? Normal rotation maybe???!!!!
Operations againt Somalia???????!!! Oh, please give me a break!!!! [:P] DaMan |
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Posted: 12/26/2001 5:57:35 PM EDT
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Gee! Why suddenly so QUIET?
DaMan |
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Posted: 12/26/2001 6:08:25 PM EDT
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Loose lips...
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Posted: 12/26/2001 6:15:23 PM EDT
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Saudi is the worst place to put troops in the Mid east for anything. Anybody going into Saudi has to clear their customs. That would make it impossible to hide a big influx of troops from the Saudis and would raise questions. When I was there in 1997 we didn't do shit without them knowing about it in advance. It pretty much sucked there operationally.
I think a better bet would be Kuwait, UAE or Bahrane where we would have more freedom to use them once we got them there. |
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Posted: 12/26/2001 6:15:52 PM EDT
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Quoted: It's all a normal troop training rotation. The army rotated out a Bn, and rotated in 3.... Nothing to see there. Actually 3 of my friends (2 crew chiefs and a Medic) that are headed there just got back about 2 weeks ago. None are being told why they have to go back so soon. So from this base they have the guys on normal rotation and then about 800 more on extra rotation. Just seems a little odd. Clinth |
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Posted: 12/26/2001 6:48:57 PM EDT
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A frind of mine who was in Saudi echos TRW's comments.
I am hoping that this time we don't bother to ask but rather tell the Saudis to go away. That many US troops there gives them little room to complain in light of their support for our enemies. Piss on SA!! |
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Posted: 12/26/2001 8:14:43 PM EDT
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Quoted: A frind of mine who was in Saudi echos TRW's comments. I am hoping that this time we don't bother to ask but rather tell the Saudis to go away. That many US troops there gives them little room to complain in light of their support for our enemies. Piss on SA!! Their support of OUR enemies? Which enemies might that be? Do you mean the Mujahadeen or the Taliban? [:P] DaMan |
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Posted: 12/26/2001 8:53:20 PM EDT
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Well according to the front of my newspaper, it has something to do with the possible movement of US Marines into Yemen to hunt down Al Qidea cells in their back country- by invitation no less. Of course the rumored Al Qieda cells happen to be in areas that are not now and never have been under the control of the central government of Yemen- and in fact may be in Saudi Arabia since the Saudi/Yemeni border has in many areas never been surveyed or decided on.
But the current President of Yemen has decided that getting us to go in and bust heads for him in these areas- one of which is the home provence of the bin Laden clan- will only increas the power of his central government. Also, he tried to do it himself two weeks ago and his best Army unit got its ass whipped severly. So he has come to us for help. |
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Posted: 12/27/2001 1:32:49 PM EDT
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Quoted: Well according to the front of my newspaper, it has something to do with the possible movement of US Marines into Yemen to hunt down Al Qidea cells in their back country- by invitation no less. Of course the rumored Al Qieda cells happen to be in areas that are not now and never have been under the control of the central government of Yemen- and in fact may be in Saudi Arabia since the Saudi/Yemeni border has in many areas never been surveyed or decided on. But the current President of Yemen has decided that getting us to go in and bust heads for him in these areas- one of which is the home provence of the bin Laden clan- will only increas the power of his central government. Also, he tried to do it himself two weeks ago and his best Army unit got its ass whipped severly. So he has come to us for help. Kinda like the "drug war" in Colombia! [:P] DaMan |
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