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Fri Jun-11-04 05:32 PM
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| 17. They Must Have Extra Money in the Budget... |
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and want to burn it up buying fuel for the screening ships in the battlegroups. Don't you just love a government that borrows money to run the government and then runs a huge exercise so they'll have to replenish their fuel supplies when oil is selling at an all-time high? I think I smell a rat...
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| -Seriously, what's up with the naval deployments? |
Taylor Mason Powell |
Jun-11-04 04:57 PM |
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Here is a good site. |
I thought so. |
Jun-11-04 05:03 PM |
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Yeah, I saw that... |
Taylor Mason Powell |
Jun-11-04 05:07 PM |
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Here's a "federal" site |
stavka |
Jun-12-04 09:08 AM |
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A google searched |
hiphopnation23 |
Jun-11-04 05:06 PM |
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Right, that's the San Diego article... |
Taylor Mason Powell |
Jun-11-04 05:10 PM |
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Seems big to me.... |
hiphopnation23 |
Jun-11-04 05:16 PM |
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OMG, how did you know??? |
Taylor Mason Powell |
Jun-11-04 05:20 PM |
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NATO exercise |
TO Kid |
Jun-11-04 05:06 PM |
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But why would you need practically the entire Naval Fleet |
Taylor Mason Powell |
Jun-11-04 05:11 PM |
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It's to make a show of strength |
sangha |
Jun-11-04 07:44 PM |
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to whom? |
nu_duer |
Jun-11-04 08:24 PM |
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We can defeat any navy in the world. |
lanparty |
Jun-11-04 09:34 PM |
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Carrier groups and long-range artillery |
kiahzero |
Jun-11-04 10:05 PM |
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We COULD shut down all shipping across the world ... |
lanparty |
Jun-11-04 11:21 PM |
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Our naval doctrine is actually designed to do the opposite ... |
Pepperbelly |
Jun-12-04 06:36 AM |
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Not just the Carolinas. |
Minstrel Boy |
Jun-11-04 09:28 PM |
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KOREA!!!! |
lanparty |
Jun-11-04 09:38 PM |
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Could be. And I think that troops pulling back from the DMZ |
Minstrel Boy |
Jun-11-04 09:55 PM |
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Do you believe it though??? |
lanparty |
Jun-11-04 11:16 PM |
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That's why I don't think it'll be a land war. |
Minstrel Boy |
Jun-12-04 09:19 AM |
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A friend of mines son just deployed out of Charleston SC |
SayitAintSo |
Jun-12-04 09:13 AM |
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Meteors... |
TexasMexican |
Jun-11-04 05:12 PM |
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Right, right. |
Taylor Mason Powell |
Jun-11-04 05:13 PM |
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according to the meteor heads |
Capn Sunshine |
Jun-11-04 05:20 PM |
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No, nothing unusual here... :-) |
Taylor Mason Powell |
Jun-11-04 05:22 PM |
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thanx, that made me laugh out loud. n/t |
onethatcares |
Jun-11-04 06:03 PM |
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According to my friend stationed in Alaska... |
TexasMexican |
Jun-11-04 07:29 PM |
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A few reasons |
JM |
Jun-11-04 05:16 PM |
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The deployment is not just the US of A and 93% of US navyis out of port |
junker |
Jun-11-04 05:24 PM |
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Link doesn't work for me :( |
thecrow |
Jun-12-04 09:17 AM |
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I hadn't thought along those lines... |
T Town Jake |
Jun-11-04 07:26 PM |
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All navies do exercises in the spring |
sangha |
Jun-11-04 07:45 PM |
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Not to this extent. These ocean-going "maneuvers" are massive. |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Jun-11-04 11:40 PM |
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Good point .... n/t |
SayitAintSo |
Jun-12-04 09:18 AM |
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it's pretty damned unusual ... what was even more unusual was ... |
Pepperbelly |
Jun-11-04 05:27 PM |
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as I recall, most of the fleet was out on maneuvers |
librechik |
Jun-11-04 05:31 PM |
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The carriers were at sea but the battle wagons ... |
Pepperbelly |
Jun-11-04 05:40 PM |
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They Must Have Extra Money in the Budget... |
mckara |
Jun-11-04 05:32 PM |
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Hi mckara!! |
newyawker99 |
Jun-11-04 08:01 PM |
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...or they are worried about sailors not re-enlisting |
stavka |
Jun-11-04 09:01 PM |
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To move 12,500 troops from South Korea to Iraq? |
kentuck |
Jun-11-04 05:44 PM |
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Really? |
Taylor Mason Powell |
Jun-11-04 05:47 PM |
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Carriers are the wrong kind of ships for that |
jmowreader |
Jun-11-04 06:58 PM |
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Long way around for the East coast ships ... |
Pepperbelly |
Jun-11-04 07:29 PM |
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I don't have a link handy, but there was a recent report that China |
scarletwoman |
Jun-11-04 07:19 PM |
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Yes, that is related to these military exercises |
sangha |
Jun-11-04 07:47 PM |
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Simple Gun Boat Diplomacy |
stavka |
Jun-11-04 09:05 PM |
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It seems that EVERYBODY has put to sea ... |
Pepperbelly |
Jun-11-04 07:37 PM |
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You may be on to something |
stavka |
Jun-11-04 09:00 PM |
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Something may be up, this could be a show of force, a warning |
Rebellious Republican |
Jun-11-04 08:04 PM |
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Quote: "Naval forces are unencumbered by treaties.....(sound familiar?) |
KoKo01 |
Jun-11-04 08:08 PM |
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That may be a little misleading |
sangha |
Jun-11-04 08:11 PM |
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...but |
stavka |
Jun-11-04 08:55 PM |
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uh, not necessarily .... |
Rebellious Republican |
Jun-11-04 09:50 PM |
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I'd be shocked if any nation's Govs/Courts |
stavka |
Jun-11-04 09:53 PM |
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Sorry I left out an important piece, I edited after you replied... |
Rebellious Republican |
Jun-11-04 10:02 PM |
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That is what that means, also take into consideration that the |
Rebellious Republican |
Jun-11-04 09:03 PM |
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The Green Prince |
stavka |
Jun-11-04 09:10 PM |
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You may be on to something there stavka! |
Rebellious Republican |
Jun-11-04 09:53 PM |
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There maybe something to look at here |
seemslikeadream |
Jun-11-04 09:11 PM |
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cripes, seems..... |
leftchick |
Jun-11-04 09:53 PM |
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Did you miss this? I didn't see you there |
seemslikeadream |
Jun-11-04 10:06 PM |
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holy .... |
leftchick |
Jun-12-04 06:59 AM |
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Here's a pretty interesting analysis - |
Minstrel Boy |
Jun-11-04 09:22 PM |
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Excess lint in the abdominal area, I suppose. |
leyton |
Jun-11-04 09:58 PM |
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buh boom |
hiphopnation23 |
Jun-11-04 10:02 PM |
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nothing to see here |
leftofthedial |
Jun-11-04 11:22 PM |
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from doni_georgia |
seemslikeadream |
Jun-12-04 04:35 AM |
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Something more: |
Minstrel Boy |
Jun-12-04 08:14 AM |
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more |
seemslikeadream |
Jun-12-04 08:55 AM |
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"...this is only a test..." |
Minstrel Boy |
Jun-12-04 09:13 AM |
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Photo of the New Zealand meteorite |
seemslikeadream |
Jun-13-04 10:15 PM |
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