It has Begun
 

The President is going to speak shortly. The war has officially begun.

And the liberation of the Iraqi people starts now.

OORAH! :usa:

Shocked it started so soon. I was going to guess in about a week.

EDIT: I can't leave our friends out.

:uk: :aust:

"It has begun"

I said the same a thing just a moment ago. cnn.com is too busy

I like how they all are showing live footage of Baghdad, like they will see some more coming in.

Well uhhh...lets hope it's quick.

I think the main attack won't start for a while. What I'm hearing is that this strike was one of opportunity, tryong to get Saddam or his kids while they were on the move. An ad-hoc attack.

I think the main fireworks will start once the full moon passes so that the US's night vision advantage can be exploited.

Yay for blowing up Iraq! (I'm not being sarcastic...)

I wonder if the attack was "succesful". I suppose we will find out in the morning.

All that's going to be left is a smoking crater formally known as Iraq.:usa: :usa: :usa: :usa: :usa: :usa: :usa: :usa: :usa: :usa:

:bonk:

USA V.S. Iraq

USA wins

I agree, kinda. I want to see some change there. I never hear anything good about Iraq. Plus Im hoping that some affect over there can for some reason lower gas prices over here. No way am I paying 50 dollars for gas any more.

Lets calm down there. I know this will be a bit of a buzz kill but I feel this needs to be said now.

There is a job to be done, but leveling Iraq is not part of it. Iraq has a populace that is educated enough and westernized enough to become the first ever democracy in the Middle East. The importance of that cannot be overstated for both our and Iraq's benefit.

Freeing the Iraqi people does not involve blowing them up.

oh, yeah... GO US!:usa:

BTW, I think this strategy is brilliant. It sends a message to the Iraqi people that we are not after them, but their leaders. It keeps Saddam on the run, which keeps him from running his military and possibly authorizing biological and chemical weapons or giving the go ahead to light the oil fields. Plus it surprises them, as they have been expecting a "shock and awe" campaign (which i still think is coming). Absolutely brilliant.

Right now while we rest in the comfort of our homes and countries, an Iraqui child cries in the dark, just remember, they're not all bad.

None of the Iraqis are bad... except for Saddam. Freaking AntiChrist.

And.. umm.. why haven't they just poisoned his coffee or something yet? Do they really have to blow these oilfields up? Morons.

They WILL hit oil fields. Just you watch.

they hit oil fields to make an aerial attack a little bit harder to see the ground, i bet this thing will all blow over in about a week, but if they get help from some of the other larger countries and they start to deploy back on us, starting with the major cities, then this might as well be called W.W.3, if they do this then look out canada here we come!!!! but im sure our u.s. soldiers (god bless them) will hit iraq where it hurts before they can make any large moves..

Also remember that most of that crying has been at the hands of Saddam's regime murdering their fathers and raping their mothers and from starvation because Saddam sold food and medicine shipped to them back to the outside world for profit so that he could rebuild his war machine.

It is my firm belief that the Iraqi people will benefit more from a few weeks of war, than from another 50 years of murderous oppression.