War thoughts

imagine you’re in Iraq and listening to your little radio and you hear “ahumad quambe virzhra” which translates into Saddam is the most wonderful president we’ve ever had forced upon us and then all of a sudden the radio goes silent. and you hear another voice come on a few seconds later that says “This is the day you’ve been waiting for”.

And suddenly your Iraqi state radio has been hijacked by the US military. You look at one of the many leaflets you’ve picked up off the ground that is suggesting you to not fight the incoming troops. suggesting you drop your weapons, unless you are a captain, walk away from your tank for half a mile and gather with a bunch of your buddies with a white flag while an army of around 60,000 troops in heavy machinery come racing towards you.

Then around a dozen missiles and bombs drop from the air and land on a nearby building. you see one of your nation’s leader’s head fly across the sky. Air raid sirens go off and you hear frantic attempts at anti-aircraft fire all around you. very sporadic reports start flying across the world that the war has begun. your countrymen have already started to surrender.

Meanwhile, one of the most devastating armies in the world is waiting on the border. just looking for the word to roll out. the armies have been given orders. do what you will, but whatever happens, never do two things. show your national flag, or give candy to the kids. even more meanwhile while the world is focused on Iraq, an army of 1000 troops are storming Afghanistan attempting to find members of Al Qaeda. Back on the home front we watch the war on TV live as if it was a movie.

I first heard of the impending speech at about 9:45 pm tonight. Bush was expected to give a short speech to officially say that the first shots had been fired at 10:15 pm. At 9:35 pm was when the reports came in that bombs were dropping in Baghdad. News travels quickly these days. If you know where to look. On every major TV station, regular programming went off and the national news came on at about 10:00 pm. Apparently there are only a few cameras positioned in Baghdad because they all showed the same shots. And in these screens after these bombs had been dropped you could see people walking the streets and cars driving along. Maybe they didn’t see the early morning sky light up or hear what had happened and were going about their normal business.

Just think of all the other civilians in their homes then, most probably asleep at that time. think about those people as they expect 1 in 10 major buildings to be destroyed in Baghdad. Within 48–72 hours, they have targeted 7,000 sites to be destroyed to fulfill their initial war plans. Our nation’s terror alert has now risen to ‘high’. And now, Saddam has appeared on their national TV. Wonder if it’s pre-recorded. The White House is asking for emergency money to help defend against terrorist attacks.

If Baghdad falls, and Saddam realizes it’s hopeless, he could do a suicide mission and destroy the entire city along with all our troops and his civilians in it? talks of a new weapon that would render their electronics inoperable.