i hope you are wrong, but, i have to say you could be right

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth H. Thiers
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Sent: 10/12/2002 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: CNN Breaking News (fwd)

They are planning on this being a much different war.  Last time was
only to
liberate Kuwait and that was it.  We killed more people before the war
with
equipment failure, downed liberty boats, and accidents then what
happened
during the war.  We also weren't doing the hand to hand they expect to
have
happen.  People have a much different attitude to an invasion force when
it's at their front steps.  Saddam has also always had a habit of using
civilians as body shields, it happened during the Iraq/Iran conflict and
during the Gulf War.
No, I really feel this one will be different, things are much edgier
now.

Beth T. the OT


Subject: Re: CNN Breaking News (fwd)


People ppredicted the same thing back in 91, I mean about the body bags.
I
am not sure that it will not happen this time. I was surprised that it
did
not happen in 91.


Subject: Re: CNN Breaking News (fwd)

We have some local ex-congressmen who do political commentary for the
local
PBS station, one liberal, one more conservative.  I like listening to
them
because they can go beyond the retoric, analyze the situation and while
I
may not always agree, I come away with a new perspective on the issue.
That said one of them said that the polls were asking the wrong
question.
The polls should have been asking do you agree to having 10-15,000 body
bags
coming back home.
I personally think Cheney has a bug up his butt about the whole thing.
He
was Secretary of Defense at the time of the Gulf War.

Beth T. the OT
Gulf War vet