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2003-03-09 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-03-09 03:31 pm|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ha ha ha ha!!! Supoib. But what a PR coup lost. Don't our British forces have embedded reporters? Would have been a great TV piece, set the Iraqi squaddies a great example.

We could have sat them down for tea and biscuits, photographed them with their white flags and big smiles, and dropped photos and videos over the whole country...

Posted by Bulldog 2003-03-09 15:42:59|| 2003-03-09 15:42:59|| Front Page Top

#2 That's what you call pre-emptive surrender!

Posted by MakeMyDay 2003-03-09 15:51:56|| 2003-03-09 15:51:56|| Front Page Top

#3 "There was nothing they could do other than send them back."

And I wouldn't want to make any bets for long life expectancy for those Iraquis on their return, either.

Posted by Old Grouch 2003-03-09 15:51:57|| 2003-03-09 15:51:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Then again, word will spread that those guys on the other side are pretty nice. Give a lot of hope to those chaps on the Iraqi team. Hell, they just want to go home like everyone else.

Hope they at least gave them some food an water.

Posted by Michael 2003-03-09 16:06:33|| 2003-03-09 16:06:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Are we sure they weren't French?

Posted by Matt 2003-03-09 16:21:05|| 2003-03-09 16:21:05|| Front Page Top

#6 I hope the Brits gave them a good meal before sending them back, it may have been their last.

Posted by Jon 2003-03-09 16:24:17|| 2003-03-09 16:24:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Wow--I really feel sorry for those poor sods. They may not have a better opportunity in the future. If they're not just shot out of hand upon their return to their unit, they just might find themselves killed in the opening barrage when the invasion starts.

I hope they're not already dead--it would be great for the word to spread that they can expect decent and humanitarian treatment from the UK and US. Then all we need to do is start the invasion by driving a Land Rover with a megaphone across the border blaring, "Okay--NOW you can surrender!"

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-09 17:11:45|| 2003-03-09 17:11:45|| Front Page Top

#8 With luck these blokes weren't "missed" from their unit. Don't suppose their commanding officer wants to be unpopular with his men this week...

Posted by Bulldog 2003-03-09 17:19:18|| 2003-03-09 17:19:18|| Front Page Top

#9 ...of course the real question is: where did they get the French Battle Flag?

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-09 18:28:50|| 2003-03-09 18:28:50|| Front Page Top

#10 aving a nasty, suspicious mind... Wouldn't this be a great way to infiltrate Iraqi special ops guys into our rear area? They surrender, get taken back, and pu into a nice, laid back POW facility. Breaking out is relatively easy, maybe they scrag a guard or two, then they're loose in the rear. The Kuwaitis have been sending them back, too.

Posted by Chuck 2003-03-09 18:49:49|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-03-09 18:49:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Actually, if you stop and think about it, it is really very sad. I do not believe these people want to die and yet they know that is very possible, either by the allies or by Saddam. Let us all hope, they are able to escape and live to build a better Iraq

Posted by Joe 2003-03-09 19:49:43|| 2003-03-09 19:49:43|| Front Page Top

#12 I agree, Joe. If we're going in as liberators, these guys are the ones we want to survive to view us as such. Save the bombs for Saddam and his cronies--these are the guys who will welcome us and help us establish a just, legitimate government to represent them after three decades under Saddam's jackboot.

I wish we could take them in, if not as PWs at this date, as candidates for political asylum.

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-09 21:08:49|| 2003-03-09 21:08:49|| Front Page Top

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