Re: Politics and the military (Re: The rise in military science fiction)

On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:20:02 GMT, "Mike Schilling"
<mscottschilling@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"David Loewe, Jr." <dloewe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:fngnr15ugkjn0te3rhsf4nrh9r9lh7e0d0@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>> You do understand that heat
>>>> conditions in Iraq placed a deadline on the start of Operations,
>>>> right?
>>>
>>>I keep hearing that, even though we're now there year 'round.
>>>
>> "One of these things is not like the others..."
>>
>> And we're not conducting the same kind of operations as we were
>> against Saddam's army, either. Nor do we have an entire army camped
>> out in Kuwait awaiting a "Go" order.
>
>Well, who was dumb enough to put an army there prematurely?
>
>Right. Him.

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