the Navy's maneuvers are suspiciously similar to...

[Iwasthere]

Blair and *s talk (schemes) right before the Iraq war. You know, * suggestions about painting up a UN plane and flying it directly over Iraq enticing Saddam to shoot it down. The British memos explain it all. Though many in here don't seem to remember those memos. Or just don't want to talk about them. This is my fourth post today about those memos and I have only seen one response? Is there something I don't know (LOL, that's loaded question).

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I maintain the Cowboy wants to go in and "rescue" the British

military like they were the stand-ins for the American Embassy hostages and "get it right this time".

[Doc_Technical]

2. Where are the USS Maddox and the USS Turner Joy?

[NNN0LHI]

3. Little different. There were 5 US aircraft carrier battle groups there back then

There are 2 there now. And Iraqs army was a paper tiger and we knew it. Irans army is not.

Don