[solops]

Originally posted by TerranC:
Goddamn it, solops, It's North Korea, not Korea. Look at my location (the "From" below my post) to see why that matters.

Also, a question to all you war buffs: can you tell me how the Iraqis managed to get french mirages?

Edit: typing mistakes...

North Korea, yes. I would point out that the two Koreas together comprise the two largest parts of a single, ongoing Korean problem, as far as I am concerned. Besides, I want our people watching both sides of the DMZ. Some of the South Koreans seem to be acting strangely. I was gratified to see that Rumsfeld was pulling US forces back from the DMZ. Now the paltry 37000 US troops in SOUTH Korea will not get overrun in the initial rush of the North Korean offensive.

As far as the Mirages go, the French sold them to them :-) Actually, Iraq had some in the first Gulf war. Maybe some of those that were flown to Iran to escape the Allies were given back? I do remember that the Iraqi air defense system was French built and was back in operation shortly after the first Gulf war. Those French outfits must give really good maintenance service, eh?

[ March 21, 2003, 05:39: Message edited by: solops ]