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 Greetings! You are reading an article from The Mudville Gazette. To reach the front page, with all the latest news and views, click the logo above or "main" below. Thanks for stopping by! August 23, 2006 Happy Birthday MaryAnn!By Mrs GreyhawkOne of my favorite Soldiers' Angel turns 50 today. Posted by Mrs Greyhawk / August 23, 2006 10:25 AM | Permalink 15 TrackBacksWhen was the last time you had confidence in NASA? When they gave up manned exploration of the moon in favor of a humongous white elephant of a program to build a space truck with old technology and tunnel-vision? Maybe when Columbia or Challenge .... Read More In my posts here I have gone to great lengths to check myself and make sure that I'm not violating operational security (OPSEC), not because they told me that I would get in trouble if I did, but because I recognize the threat that poor OPSEC poses t... Read More In my posts here I have gone to great lengths to check myself and make sure that I'm not violating operational security (OPSEC), not because they told me that I would get in trouble if I did, but because I recognize the threat that poor OPSEC poses t... Read More Here's is Pat Buchanan reading an excerpt from his book, State of Emergency... Read More A little over a week ago, German police found two suitcase bombs planted on trains. The identical suitcase bombs were fitted with timers set to go off 10 minutes before the trains arrived in Dortmund and Koblenz. The bombs failed Read More A commenter name Warren felt he needed to post a reply to Mr. Stokely’s post Mr. Robert Stokely -v- Instead of War. I’m cool with that, but Warren felt he needed to post about the news that came out yesterday of the Marine Corps decision to c ...... Read More I was watching the news this morning and I heard one of the "experts" say that the issue of the war in Iraq should be avoided by those who supported it because of the fact that it's a failure. He supported his claim by citing recent polling data that... Read More Video from a firefight from Hit, Iraq. . . . The tracers do look lovely in the evening light, don't they? The outgoing fire, I mean. I almost pity the bastards on the other side of the river. Nah--who am I kidding? I don't pity them at all. Read More Sure some will say that by Cutting and Running from Iraq will allow us to focus more clearly and dedicate more forces to get Bin Laden. This approach assumes that by killing or capturing a six and a half foot tall terrorist hiding in a hole in Afghanis... Read More It looks like the EU may finally be stepping up to the plate with regards to sending peacekeeping troops to Lebanon. It simply astounds me that the area of the world that is most supportive of the UN as international Read More Ok, 2006 is looking good and it's possible that by 2008 Iraq will be such a disaster that no republican can win. But that's what we thought in 2004 and we still blew it. And by we I mean the Read More Hilary Clinton, Jack Murtha, and Ray Nagin, taken collectively, had quite a week. This is not the first time that they have been cited as singing their song of gauche harmony within a few days of each other. It’s almost as if the New York Times kicke... Read More Just an idea. Read More KARMAH, Iraq -- Lance Cpl. Erin Libby doesn't want to be treated the same as her male Marine Corps counterparts. But she does want to be treated as an equal -- even in combat. In a way, she got her... Read More If Russia, China or other UNSC members refuse to support the resolution they voted for only last month that demands Iran immediately cease its uranium enrichment program or face sanctions, the Bush Administration may be prepared to advance its own sanc... Read More 4 Comments |
March 19, 2010Dawn Patrol 03/19/2003 [Greyhawk]
"Welcome to the Dawn Patrol, our daily roundup of information on the War on Terror and other topics - from the MilBlogs and various sources around the world." Mudville was founded in March, 2003. Our efforts to bring the thoughts, words, and deeds of milbloggers to a wider world evolved to become The Dawn Patrol in March, 2005. With today's entry we're going to reset the clock - but not re-write the history - and recreate the world as it was - on a day the world changed...
Updating... more to follow.... MILBOGSAndrew Olmsted, 19 Mar 2003, Stateside: It would appear that the liberation of Iraq has begun. Greyhawk, 18 Mar 2003, Germany: A united world could have, just maybe, brought down Saddam without firing a shot. We will never know. 19 Mar: We'll never know what a united world could have achieved... the UN could not agree on anything, the situation degenerated, and here we are. Status quo was not working. The French were too desperate for oil and trade at any cost. Well-intentioned Americans were led into the streets by Communists (and others) with an agenda. The media distorted the split. Many in America and abroad thought they could manipulate the situation to their personal gain. They miscalculated. The fire is lit. Pontifx ex Machina, 18 Mar, undisclosed location: Rolling out the gate, the guard gets a quick "hook-em, horns" sign as we weave through the barricades. Then we're off, cruising through the desert in a battered-up SUV. On the eve of war, only one thing passes through our minds: is there going to be any appropriate music on the radio? Lt Smash, 19 Mar, undisclosed location: Read the President's speech today. The clock is ticking. Chief Wiggles, 22 Mar, Kuwait: The war started Wednesday morning for us right after the president gave a speech to the American people that lasted about 4 minutes. We were all very anxious for this whole thing to be either over or get it on its way. Will, 22 Mar, en route: I am going to Baghdad to personally shoot that paper hanging son of a bitch! Lt Smash 20 Mar, undisclosed location: Sgt Stryker, 20 Mar, Stateside: Iraq to File U.N. Complaint About Attack Primary Main Objective, 30 Mar, undisclosed location I Dare Kofi to Come Get Me.
BruceR, Flit, 19 Mar, Canada: AND SO IT BEGINS. Godspeed, Yanks. Come home safe and soon. Andrew Olmsted, 20 Mar 2003, Stateside: The most important thing to remember over the next few days is this: the first reports are almost always inaccurate. First reports are generally submitted in the heat of battle before any real analysis can take place. Therefore, they're highly subjective, based on limited information, and rarely hit the mark. So as the first reports of 'surgical strikes' on Iraqi forces come in, it's best to take those reports with a grain of salt... Iraqi BlogsSalam Pax, Baghdad: The bombing aould come and go in waves, nothing too heavy and not yet comparable to what was going on in 91. all radio and TV stations are still on and while the air raid began the Iraqi TV was showing patriotic songs and didn't even bother to inform viewers that we are under attack. at the moment they are re-airing yesterday's interview with the minister of interior affairs. THe sounds of the anti-aircarft artillery is still louder than the booms and bangs which means that they are still far from where we live, but the images we saw on Al Arabia news channel showed a building burning near one of my aunts house... Other BlogsAndrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish: How much more morally indefensible is appeasement when we also have complete international authority to do what must be done? I think we will look back in the future and not ask, as so many now are, how it was that diplomacy didn't get unanimity on this matter. We will look back and see the moral obtuseness of Chirac and Putin and Schroder and Carter and feel nothing but contempt for them, and their preference for state terror over the responsibilities of the free world. That's why I felt enormous pride tonight in the stand being taken by Blair and Bush. The president's speech was measured, firm, just. Blair's political risks - in order to do what he believes is plainly right - will confirm him in history as a great prime minister, the conscience of his party, and the leader of his country. I say that before this war begins, because the cause is just whatever vicissitudes of conflict await us... Glenn Reynolds has a ton of links. Newpapers
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Happy Birthday MaryAnn!! Best wishes for many more happy birthdays! I am so glad you are an angel, I don't know what we would do without you!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARYANN, and THANKS for all you do for the guys & girls. The Greyhawk's mom/mom in law
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARYANN, and THANKS for all you do for the guys & girls. The Greyhawk's mom/mom in law
Thanks Marian and Mom for your kind words and well wishes - and for all YOU do.