$#@!^&!! Media !!

[DYEVOUT 0]

Is anyone else who's following the war tired of the media wondering why it's dark in Baghdad?

The claim is "the Coalition Forces haven't targeted power plants, yet it's dark in Baghdad".

Lets use a little common sense, shall we -

A. A foreign force (not familiar with the surroundings) is invading your turf (which you know like the back of your hand) is it to your advantage to have the battlefield illuminated? The first advantage to maintain when YOUR perimeter is violated, is visual. If you have an unwelcome "guest" in your home, the last thing to do is turn on the lights - that puts you and the offender on level (visual) ground.

B. A foreign force is kicking your ass, and requesting your troups and constituants to side with them, or be liquidated. Would not "killing" the power be to your advantage - why expose your compromised position to all? Public communications rely on municipal electricity, inter-unit military communications, and weapons systems are independently powered.

I'm not in the military, or on television - but this seems like common sense, yes ?

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"I think that was the wrong tennis court."

[BoobieCootie 0]

Funny... I saw a bumper sticker this morning that said: Ain't fooled by the media, Ain't fooled by the gov't. And it had Oregon plates!

Should I have alerted the authorities

[quade 4]

Isn't it possible that the coalition forces didn't blackout the power, but that overloads in other parts of the system caused it to blackout all by itself?

I mean, wasn't the great northeast blackout of 1965 caused by a $10 relay blowing out?

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[BoobieCootie 0]

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wasn't the great northeast blackout of 1965 caused by a $10 relay blowing out?

You mean the Home Depot didn't have one in stock?

[Hooknswoop 19]

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A. A foreign force (not familiar with the surroundings) is invading your turf (which you know like the back of your hand) is it to your advantage to have the battlefield illuminated? The first advantage to maintain when YOUR perimeter is violated, is visual. If you have an unwelcome "guest" in your home, the last thing to do is turn on the lights - that puts you and the offender on level (visual) ground.

Turning off the lights when your troops don't have Night Vision Goggles (NVG's or Nods) and the attacking troops do, puts your troops at a disadvantage. Leaving the lights on would negate our night-fighting capabilities and would be their best option, an equal playing field.

Hook

[D22369 0]

BOY..... talk bout an oxymoron

Roy

They say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it.

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A. A foreign force (not familiar with the surroundings) is invading your turf (which you know like the back of your hand) is it to your advantage to have the battlefield illuminated? The first advantage to maintain when YOUR perimeter is violated, is visual. If you have an unwelcome "guest" in your home, the last thing to do is turn on the lights - that puts you and the offender on level (visual) ground.

Turning off the lights when your troops don't have Night Vision Goggles (NVG's or Nods) and the attacking troops do, puts your troops at a disadvantage. Leaving the lights on would negate our night-fighting capabilities and would be their best option, an equal playing field.

Ahh yes...but it may be that some of our friends from Europe or Asia may have sold some night-vision gear... ..hmm..

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[mnischalke 0]

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...the last thing to do is turn on the lights...

Unless your light is a SureFire 6M Millenium. The highbeams on my truck might be about as bright.

mike

Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills--You know, like nunchuk skills, bow-hunting skills, computer-hacking skills.

[DYEVOUT 0]

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Turning off the lights when your troops don't have Night Vision Goggles (NVG's or Nods) and the attacking troops do, puts your troops at a disadvantage. Leaving the lights on would negate our night-fighting capabilities and would be their best option, an equal playing field.

Our Russian "friends", and others saw to it that they have night vision technology.

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"I think that was the wrong tennis court."

[Hooknswoop 19]

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Our Russian "friends", and others saw to it that they have night vision technology.

A friend of mine has a monocular night scope. I own a GPS, as do several of my friends. They are not difficult to get. But it is difficult to equip several divisions with them. They also require training to fight with effectively. I seriously doubt the Iraqi night fighting capabilities of their troops near Baghdad are anywhere near the US's capabilities. Lights out is an advantage for our troops, not theirs.

Hook

[kiltboy 0]

I doubt that the US are going into downtown Baghdad tonight so all the talk of trying to get a level playing field is misguided in my opinion.

However as the propoganda minister has said there are no coalition forces within 100 miles of Baghdad and they expell the arabic media of Al-Jazeer speaks volumes of a dictatorship trying to keep the truth from the masses by depriving the masses of any means to recieve news i.e. turn off all the electricity. As if they have no power they can't use TV, hopefully not radio, nor the pesky internet as heaven forbid they find out how fucked the regime is they may rise up en mass and slot SH and friends.

My 2 cents.

David