Powell Quote
 

Someone sent this to me. Pretty powerful.
[quote:2e4eb]When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush. He answered by saying that, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return."[/quote:2e4eb]

It became very quiet in the room.

so how much land would that be in iraq?

An acre.

and for the iraqis? :P

Couple acres.

Acre and a half biggrin:

thats a good quote, i will have to remember that one

nice find argon

I am worried that we (the US) will have a lagre loss of life. This battle is going to be the worst since Vietnam. That being said we will prevail! It may take more than an acre to bury the Iraqies though, how bout a couple square miles!

[quote="Sgt>Stackem":9c36a]I am worried that we (the US) will have a lagre loss of life. This battle is going to be the worst since Vietnam. That being said we will prevail! It may take more than an acre to bury the Iraqies though, how bout a couple square miles![/quote:9c36a]

Depends, as of now id say theres been a lot more iraqi's that have surrendered than actually been shot.

i think that ae americans will come victorious in this war just as we have in many other ones, cept vietnam =|

Well its gonna be interesting when it comes to storming baghdad, house to house fighting and so on. Gonna be a lot of deaths unless the "republican guard" walk out on saddam.

the republican guard will not leave saddam, they have NO future in the 'new' Iraq so they will fight to the death

"We've gained 25,000 kilometers of land...Just enough to bury our dead."
-russian general quoting about the winter war with Finland

what was it, 20 acres and a mule?

[quote="Old Reliable":1deb4]what was it, 20 acres and a mule?[/quote:1deb4]

40 acres and a mule.

2nd Powell Quote
 

Got this in my email today:

It's become almost routine for members of the American press to throw dumb
leading questions at members of the Bush administration. Maybe that's one
of the reasons why Secretary of State Colin Powell seemed so well prepared
for
the shifty question recently hurled at him by an Iraqi reporter.

According to the New York Post, one of Saddam's newshounds asked Powell,
"Isn't it true that only 13% of young Americans can locate Iraq on a map?"

"That may be true," Powell countered. "You're probably right. But
unfortunately for you, all 13% are Marines."

I sure do wish that man had run for president. He outclasses both of the choices we had last election.

yeah, spike lee's film company. anyways its funny the archbishop is worried that America is going to be like Britain in pre-mid 20th century

Re: Powell Quote
 

It became very quiet in the room.[/quote:79459]

Amen, Mr. Powell. That shut them up for awhile. biggrin:

he was also in ROTC biggrin:

Very powerful words, man. You do know that Iraq is going to share their oil with us because of this war, though. That's part of the reason we are there.

Great quote by Powell, hes a good man, to bad he can never be president.

DUmbass racist bastards threaten his life.....cock suckers

[quote="Sgt>Stackem":2bf34]I am worried that we (the US) will have a lagre loss of life. This battle is going to be the worst since Vietnam. That being said we will prevail! It may take more than an acre to bury the Iraqies though, how bout a couple square miles![/quote:2bf34]

You're wrong about that. The number of casualties will be nowhere near what they were in Vietnam. We only suffered a few casualties to the enemy, most were from accidents. We learned quite alot in the week of fighting and the coalition will adapt their fighting style to limit casualties. We really only suffered one bad day in the war thus far.

Re: 2nd Powell Quote
 

I can agree with that.

[quote=Arkan]You're wrong about that. The number of casualties will be nowhere near what they were in Vietnam. We only suffered a few casualties to the enemy, most were from accidents. We learned quite alot in the week of fighting and the coalition will adapt their fighting style to limit casualties. We really only suffered one bad day in the war thus far.[/quote:a5b0c]
The funny thing is, the Defense Minister for Iraq says 'The coalition forces are not making progress' and 'They will be defeated.' But, in only ONE WEEK into the war, we are already on the verge of the damn capital. The first Gulf War was a breeze, and that took four months. Something tells me the Iraqi forces are weaker than ever......

[quote=Arkan]You're wrong about that. The number of casualties will be nowhere near what they were in Vietnam.[/quote:f519b]

The key word is SINCE the Vietnam War.

You wait for the assault on Baghdad.....It will challenge the amount of American dead in anything since Vietnam, easily.

How many American soldiers died in the first Gulf War?

.....17 died in Somalia....

What other confilcts since the vietnam war has had deaths of American soldiers?

17 died in Somalia? I think its somewhere around 40...

i am sure there are other numbers that cannot be released

Nein....It was 18:

Feb-Oct of 1993, a total of 31 US Soldiers were killed in Somalia. 18 of those during the mission to capture Aidid's Lt's.

Link? I got my source from the BBC's website....

[url:b9dc0]http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/4/newsid_2486000/2486909.stm[/url:b9dc0]

you'd think most people's knowledge on this would come from blackhawk down

oOo: eek:

-19 is the official count in the Somalian effort. Matt Rierson a delta operator was killed outside the hangar by a mortar one day after the battle of mog.

-250 something died in the Gulf war.

[quote="Capt. John Miller":a64a9]-19 is the official count in the Somalian effort. Matt Rierson a delta operator was killed outside the hangar by a mortar one day after the battle of mog.

-250 something died in the Gulf war.[/quote:a64a9]

Thanks You Millah......I was fairly close.

As for 250, I think the current war has a chance of getting up that high. You just wait for the assault on baghdad. If the Republican Guard don't pee their pants and run away, it could add up.

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