From the Department of Homeland Security:
What to do if terror strikes and you are French

(Leeched…but it had to be done :-)

As far as the war in Iraq goes I feel it is a “fork in the road” day. In the numerous conversations I’ve had it seems that there is no such thing as a “nice” war no matter how much we would like it to be.

In Psalm 137 it describes those who are happy to give Babylon some of what she deserves. Verse 9 is scary read it for yourself….

I think the Oracle at Delphi would say something like “you will win this war or you will lose it” or some such vague prophecy. We have to decide in our hearts that we will win it; we have to think it in our minds. I read what Peter Arnett is supposed to have said. He has chosen (unwisely I feel) to say that the war is lost. But perhaps it is only half time Peter, we still have the second half to go and the extra time.

Certainly there is more going on than we can see but I am always saying that =)

While I am here and stuffing the bible down your throats Psalm 144 verse 1 says “Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight.” This was told me by a Christian pilot whom sadly we lost in the first Gulf War. I’m with him on this one.

Rosie.

MEN! Why do they start a conversation off asking you what you want to do and then slowly they introduce what they want to do and then we do what the man wants…. Took me 30 minutes to get the real reason for doing (or not doing) out of him today… I hope wars dont run like this. Yet another reason not to get women involved.
R.

I have had two conversations about deaths caused by friendly fire. We all thought that perhaps it was a waste to die that way. I’ve since thought about it and realised how wrong we were. There is no greater love than this… to lay down your life for your friends. That’s how I see it now. We are not burying accidents today, we are burying brave people who were willing to give up their lives for us and this also means YOU America. And I am proud to call some of them “out there” my friends, very proud….

(On a different note I had this weird dream last night. I was in a bunker with a security guard and when I looked outside I saw very angry grey skies all turbulent. No rain, no wind just lightning coming in a straight line for me and on the final hit right above my head I woke up. And I thought I was safe…)

OK there are lots of people predicting stuff out there but so far I trust only one and that’s Lance Lambert. Of course he’s a Brit…. =)

Rosie.

Classification of bombs…

Dud bomb
Bomb
Average bomb
Fairly bright bomb
Smart bomb
Very smart bomb
Genius bomb

and the very dangerous…

Bomb on the edge of madness bomb.

“If you are not helping you are getting in the way.”

MOAB Mother of all bombs
EDOM Easy Dispatcher of missiles

R.

Now is not the time to go wobbly. The last thing you need to be is focussed on your fears because it is a waste of brain space. So the Iraqi’s have raised the spectre of hand-to-hand fighting and you can feel the fear in the American politicians already. Now, after you have started, is not the time to bottle out. OK so sieges are not the best thing to happen but I still think there is a trump card to be played.
Confidence in what you are doing should be from the top down. Nothing like wobbliness to put your troops off. Get it together and get it done.

Unpredictable weather? We haven’t had it yet.

Jeremiah 50 and 51? S’ok but perhaps you should be in the Psalms. “Further not his wicked device” Amen to that, lets not give him the chance to use it.

Sometimes things have to go wrong before they get wonderful. Prayers with you!
Rosie.

Women shouldn’t be in the front line. Pictures from Iraq clearly show this and I think I’ve said it before. But why did I say it before?

On an exercise years ago I found myself out at night with my little gun taking a message from one place to another. At that time our little camp was up against the Royal Marines… Somewhere between A and B in the dark the sky was lit up by flares and I hid (quite successfully it turned out). I heard a marine patrol very near me but I could not be sure it was them. To make sure I broke cover and gave myself away in doing so. My foot crunched on some gravel and then there was a flash and an almighty bang. I had been shot with a blank 2 feet away. I screamed and went deaf and blinded all at once. You know I could have given them away to our side or taken one of them out but the one thing that stays with me is suddenly all my guys came running to me with looks on their faces I cant describe. They ran towards trouble to help me and it was then I knew (even through the deafness and half blindedness) that I was a weakness to them. I didn’t treat exercises the same way again. Please girls, work from the back you will do more damage from there.

Rosie (SAS? My complaint is no more books and no more tv plzzzzzz)

Like all good plans in the history of war, when the soldiers start marching, you might as well throw away the map.

So far, so good. Dont let the media get you down over the whole thing. Sad stories and over confident news reels wont sort out the mess. IT has started and there is no going back. All we can do is get stuck in, and get the job done.

Its too late to protest and to early to relax.

War Rations:

Beer
TV
Crisps
Pizza
Someone to rant at the TV with.
Biblicone.