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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:10 AM Original message |
cnn just reported we have two carriers in the gulf.... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not a good day to be a country named Iran. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Or maybe one's tour is ending and the other is replacing it |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. nope they mentioned that gates wanted two there....not a replacement |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Next new moon is 5/5... |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Sorry I'm not privy to the offical kick off date |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. Haven't we had 3 there before? |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. yeah, what happened to #3? Those aren't easy to move around... |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yeah...it's not like they have steering wheels and propellors and stuff. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. Before anything major happens |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yep. But Gates said it was just to keep an eye on the Iranians. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. AND Iran just announced they are no longer trading in petrodollars - |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Wait! Didn't Saddam do the same thing just before . . . |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
8. yep, now Gates wants to get his war on..... |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. They will not put out the evidence |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. I know we have heard this before. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. Carriers are sitting ducks. Read about WW II anyone?? Pearl Harbor. Ships sink. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. One of the carriers might also get sucked back in time through a black hole. n/t |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Splash the zeros. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I believe |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Maybe that's the whole idea. |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. If our good Russian buddies gave the Iranians their Sunburn anti-ship missile |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. This is why everyone should realize the IRAN talk is distraction from FAILURE in Iraq! |
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Sheets of Easter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
12. Again? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. We can only watch and see... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. From what I understand, there is barely enough room in the gulf for ONE carrier group to maneuver. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. is this a new thread or an old thread or a really old thread |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
20. Fairly typical... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
26. A broken clock is right more often than these Iran posts. |
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