Strike on Iraq

According to CNN and various other news sources, Iraq is now under attack by the US. Here is a link to the current story running at CNN right now, but there's really not much except that it has started. CT Cruise missiles launched against "Target of Opportunity". The full assault has not begun. CT The attack was specifically intended to take out Saddam. CT Saddam appeared on iraqi TV to condemn the US, and Iraqi missiles have been fired at Kuwait.

the draft

[King of Caffiene]

i'm looking forward to the draft, whos with me?

Cool, good viewing on the TV at last.

[nickgrieve]

I like wars, make for great veiwing... best reality TV ever.

War has begun?

[Anonymous Coward]

So, does that mean we've set up someone the bomb?

Re:dang

[sx10]

I think huge bombs exploding will produce a sufficient psychological effect...

Glued to the TV...

[roc_machine]

... with a notebook computer on my lap. I'm not sure if I'll get much sleep tonite. The minute I saw CBC switch to breaking news, I started refreshing slashdot every minute.

Internet vs. Television: For the techies out there, who will win this war?

Re:Disgusting...

[grumpygrodyguy]

The day I am at ease with war, is the day I have lost my hope in humanity.

I lost my hope in humanity when Bush was elected.

I'm not!!!

[LittleLebowskiUrbanA]

Oh wait, I'm already in the Marines. Dohhh!

PsyOps web style

[r00tarded]

gulf war drinking game [gulfwardrinkinggame.com] - drink em under the table!

to the tune of "if your'e happy & you know it"

[Mumford]

If you cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq.
If the markets are a drama, bomb Iraq.
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky,
Bomb Iraq.

If we have no allies with us, bomb Iraq.
If we think someone has dissed us, bomb Iraq.
So to hell with the inspections,
Let's look tough for the elections,
Close your mind and take directions,
Bomb Iraq.

It's "pre-emptive non-aggression", bomb Iraq.
Let's prevent this mass destruction, bomb Iraq.
They've got weapons we can't see,
And that's good enough for me,
'Cos it's all the proof I need to
Bomb Iraq.

If you never were elected, bomb Iraq.
If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq.
If you think Saddam's gone mad,
With the weapons that he had,
(And he tried to kill your dad),
Bomb Iraq.

If your corp'rate fraud is growin', bomb Iraq.
If your ties to it are showin', bomb Iraq.
If your politics are sleazy,
And hiding that ain't easy,
And your manhood's getting queasy,
Bomb Iraq.

Fall in line and follow orders, bomb Iraq.
For our might knows not our borders, bomb Iraq.
Disagree? We'll call it treason,
Let's make war not love this season,
Even if we have no reason,
Bomb Iraq.

Time warp

[Anonymous Coward]

Hmmmm. Space Shuttle blows up . . . A Bush in office. . . . War in Iraq . . . Did we go back in time? Hmmm. Early 90's - what's next - the return of grunge?

Re:Inside Sites/Blogs

[pphrdza]

Right. This is war - let's slashdot their websites.

Hey You Win!

[smoondog]

Your moderation on the mainpage reads:

(Score:5, Troll) Sweet!

-Sean

Re:Early weird news reports

[Anenga]

During Aaron Brown's chat with some Pentagon bigwig or another, you could distinctly hear laughing and clapping in the background of CNN's studios. Brown's face showed that he heard it too.

I heard that too. Perhaps they calculated they'd beat American Idol in ratings tonite?

Saddam Hussein, leader, dead at 54

[Anonymous Coward]

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Iraqi president (holder of the popular vote) Saddam Hussein, was found dead in his Baghdad presidential palace this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an Iraqi icon.

Re:Michael Moore's Letter to Governor Bush

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, the whole thing is good except for the France part.

I'm gonna hit them in the pocket book: No more french fries, and now I refuse to buy a French car!

In fact, it looks like they CLOSED the Renault AND Peugot dealerships in my city already! Wahoo, America Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re:Michael Moore's Letter to Governor Bush

[Rombuu]

Ha ha... when is Moore going to pull this down like he did his famous "Payback Tuesday" piece after the Dems got killed in the polls last November?

Re:"Bush's War" at ends with "The War On Terror"

[Anonymous Coward]

I want to know how attacking Iraq is going to do anything whatsoever to reduce terrorism. I see attacking countries, occupying them, and setting up puppet goverments as having exactly the same effect it's had every time we've done it for the *last* fifty years, which is to piss people off much, much more and produce more people with dead parents/brothers/sisters/cousins/sons/daughters who are willing to die to strike at the United States. People don't just say, entirely unprovoked, "Gee, it's a rainy Saturday. I think I'll go blow myself up on a bus or crash a plane into a building." Getting in a war with a nation, as history has shown, is a fantastic way to produce long-lasting ethnic hatred.

Why yes. the threat of Japanese Kamakazi pilots is just as great now as it was in 1943. And those damned Nazis spreading hate all over Europe for the last 50 years, what will we do?

Re:the draft

[jxs2151]

You are sadly misinformed, projecting your desires as if they are the truth.

The fact is that the military is well-educated and businesses love us former military types. Pieces of shit like you get pushed aside as the hiring manager wants someone who can think for themselves and WHO THEY CAN COUNT ON, not some slacker who is full of himself, bathes every week, and wanders in to work on occasion.

I loved applying for jobs knowing that I had the advantage and watched as the degreed losers like you got to continue their job search while I got a letter offering me more money than I really wanted- all because of four letters on my resume. I'll see if you are smart enough to figure them out.

Also, please tell me just how you know that the "best and brightest" avoided military service? Care to back up that assertion with facts?

Me and my fellow ex-military peers have and will continue to leave pukes like you whining behind us as we advance up the ladder while you console yourself with the idea that you are better than someone because you are too chickenshit to defend your freedoms.

See this document [usmc.mil] on the honorable way to server your contry

Re:And today

[paitre]

In particular, the UN has no power unless they have the US involved.

And that -IS- the truth, you fucking numbskulls.

Re:It's about damn time

[0x0d0a]

And how long, I wonder, before the next dictator and his thugs are in place.

Actually, Bush is likely to lose re-election at this point.

Re:Well done America

[ThePretender]

Let it go, son. You'll feel better once you get over it. Gore would have wet his pants and cried for mommy 2 minutes after 9/11 anyway.

goddamn

[Trepidity]

That is one of the most ridiculous letters I've read. He even ended it with two consecutive exclamation marks.

Summary:
HI BUSH U SUK K!!!!!! lol u didn't even win election REMEMBER FLORDIA???? oh ho ho the economy sux too! fuk texas too.

michael moore

p.s. FUCK BUSH!!!@@$!

---

P.S. - Michael Moore's films suck. Well, I haven't seen Bowling for Columbine, but Roger and Me was utter tripe.

Re:the draft

[micromoog]

I got a letter offering me more money than I really wanted- all because of four letters on my resume. I'll see if you are smart enough to figure them out.

BDSM?

Re:the draft

[cehardin]

>Sorry that I hurt you.
>I'm just saying it like I see it. Please don't cry.

You are obviously are very immature person with little experience in the world. Please don't cry.

In other news....

[Frogbert]

In other news... .iq domain names are going for a record low.

Un-Real

[bstadil]

As if the war atrocities was not enough.

They are streaming using RealAudio.

Re:And today

[fanatic]

And *they* may get to get rid of Saddam, but *we're* stuck with Bush.

They get rid of Saddam only when we do it or he dies of narual or other causes. We get rid of Bush by voting him out or after his second term, which ever comes first. I'll take our way, thanks.

Re:WRONG!

[Anonymous Coward]

I didn't know dead people could speak.
Well, then again..Dead people can vote in America, so I guess anything is possible.

When he was younger...

[donnz]

Ya know, I think I prefered Dubbya when he was a cocain snorting, alcholic, boardroom fraudster. Oh for the good ol' days...

Re:I'm not!!!

[LittleLebowskiUrbanA]

Double Dohhh!

Re:prayers

[Anonymous Coward]

No you're satan.

Re:And today

[Anonymous Coward]

How can you be proud to be an American? Did you ride a fucking bathtub here from Cuba? No. You were born here. Well, fuck then I can be proud that I'm white and speak English too then.

Re:First war post!

[cliveholloway]

My fave was the BBC graphics early on in 9/11:

T he
W ar
A gainst
T error

They kept it up for a good few hours before anyone noticed.

cLive ;-)

Re:The only thing war has ever done is...

[flacco]

And the only way you will defeat terrorism is to kill every single person on the face of the earth.

You know, it's people like you with defeatist attitudes like that who drag this country down.

Instead of complaining that something's "hard", or "impossible", or "unthinkable", why not set some goals, roll up your shirt-sleeves, and get to work?! If we all pull together and work honestly and hard at it, you'd be surprised at what we could accomplish! I'll bet we could kill every single person on the face of the earth in, say, six months tops.

You fool

[Anonymous Coward]

If you had just paid for a Slashdot subscription you would have seen Future News and known about the war hours ago!

Tsk.

Re:didnt stalin call churchill a warmongerer too?

[kbonapart]

"America needs another Churchill"

When did we have the first one?

Commander In Chief @ Work

[Anonymous Coward]

Rumsfeld: "Woohoo, we now have 35 countries supporting us. Guess it's not that bad after all. Bam Bam Saddamn!!!"

Bush: "Let me re-count to make sure: United States, Great Britain, Spain, Bulgaria, USA, Etats-Unis, Espagne, Angleterre, Royuamme Uni, UK, Texas, United Kingdom, Great Britain, oh wait I already counted that one..."

Re:uruklink already offline

[unborracho]

In related news, there was an apparent attack on Iraqi government servers this evening after a link to their website was posted on slashdot.org [slashdot.org]. No reports as of yet as to if this was an official government decision part of the American "bombing" campaign.

Damn Dupes!

[paulcammish]

Didnt this already happen a few years back? Bloody Taco and his dupes!

Give back the goddamn statue

[acb]

A petition [giveitback.net] to send back the Statue of Liberty. It probably doesn't represent the values of Bush's America anyway. Perhaps it should be replaced by a Statue of Total Information Awareness (think the one outside the Ministry of Information in Terry Gilliam's Brazil)?

Re:Dennis Miller's letter (Boo Mike Moore!) fixed

[Captain McCrank]

Guess I should have used the preview button: I was listening to Howard Stern yesterday morning. Howard read a list purported to be from Dennis Miller, and for the sake of balance, here's a comedian from the other side of the aisle: Ten things to consider with the War in Iraq.

1. Between Saddam Hussein and George Bush, Hussein is the bad guy.
2. If you happen to have faith in the United Nations to do the right thing, keep this in mind. They have Libia heading the committee on Human Rights and Iraq is heading the global disarmament committee.
3. If you use Google search and type in ''French Military Victories'' your reply will be ''did you mean French Military Defeats?''
4. If your only anti-war slogan is ''No War For Oil'' sue your school district for allowing you to slip through the cracks and robbing you of the education you deserved.
5. Saddam Hussein and bin Laden will not seek United Nations approval before they try to kill us.
6. Despite common belief, Martin Sheen is not the President, he plays one on TV.
7. Even if you are anti-war, you are still an infidel and bin Laden wants you dead too.
8. If you believe in a vast right wing conspiracy but not in the dangers that Hussein possesses, quit hanging out with the Dell Computer dude.
9. We are not trying to liberate them. (Howard disagreed with this one and Robin said perhaps it was a typo)
10. Whether you are for military action or against it, our young men and women overseas are fighting for us to defend our right to speak out. We all need to support them without reservation.

That's it. Caveat emptor. Oh, and quite frankly, Mike Moore is a dick. He can be very funny, but he's a real asshole if you ever meet him in person. I hear the same about Miller, but Moore is a communist, so that makes him worse!

Re: Michael Moore's Letter to Governor Bush

[Black Parrot]

> i always thought this whole war was just about dick size anyway. just get saddam and george in a room, have them pull it out, and settle this thing so everyone can go home.

If that's how it works then we should have arranged the showdown when Clinton was still in office!

Canadian Apology to America

[BCGlorfindel]

Having seen a few criticisms from American officials regarding other nation's opposition to the war, I was reminded of a few word's Rick Mercer had to say on 'This hour has 22 minutes'. I present this not to criticize America, but in hopes of lightening the mood a little:

On behalf of Canadians everywhere I'd like to offer an apology to the United States of America. We haven't been getting along very well recently and for that, I am truly sorry.

I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron. He is a moron but, it wasn't nice of us to point it out. If it's any consolation, the fact that he's a moron shouldn't reflect poorly on the people of America. After all it's not like you actually elected him.

I'm sorry about our softwood lumber. Just because we have more trees than you doesn't give us the right to sell you lumber that's cheaper and better than your own.

I'm sorry we beat you in Olympic hockey. In our defense I guess our excuse would be that our team was much, much, much, much better than yours.

I'm sorry we burnt down your White House during the War of 1812. I notice you've rebuilt it! It's very nice. I'm sorry about your beer. I know we had nothing to do with your beer but, we feel your pain.

I'm sorry about our waffling on Iraq. I mean, when you're going up against a crazed dictator, you wanna have your friends by your side. I realize it took more than two years before you guys pitched in against Hitler, but that was different. Everyone knew he had weapons.

And finally on behalf of all Canadians, I'm sorry that we're constantly apologizing for things in a passive-aggressive way which is really a thinly veiled criticism. I sincerely hope that you're not upset over this - We've seen what you do to countries you get upset with.

Thank you.