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Old 09-04-2013, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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Old 09-04-2013, 11:53 AM
 
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The megalomaniac strikes again. This guy is an absolute embarrassment, not just to the U.S., but to the entire world.
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Old 09-04-2013, 11:55 AM
 
Location: San Francisco
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Someone remind us, how many French officers were invited to sit in on Iraq war planning sessions?
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Old 09-04-2013, 11:58 AM
 
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Someone remind us, how many French officers were invited to sit in on Iraq war planning sessions?
I wouldn't know. Come back with a number and then we can discuss that.

BTW: What did France have to offer regarding Iraq anyway?

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the UK wants to be involved to the legal limit and will provide and share intelligence from its nearby listening stations and air bases in Cyprus.
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Old 09-04-2013, 11:59 AM
 
Location: Arizona
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Seems like the standard operation procedures, as far as I can tell. You are not involved, you don't get to sit in on the planning and execution of the operation.

Actual from the article.

Pentagon sources have played down the snub, claiming that it would be “normal” for any country which is no longer involved in an operation to stop being included in the planning process.

Looks like another sensationalist British rag is fishing for headlines to me. Of course the Obama Haters will have a nice circular knee-jerk over it.
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Old 09-04-2013, 11:59 AM
 
Location: San Francisco
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I wouldn't know. Come back with a number and then we can discuss that.

BTW: What did France have to offer regarding Iraq anyway?
Airspace. As I recall, you cons were enraged (remember "Freedom Fries?") at France's unwillingness to allow overflights.
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Old 09-04-2013, 12:08 PM
 
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Why include those you don't need in planning; it just common sense in security of need to know as always. There are always consequences to actions tho; always has been.
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Old 09-04-2013, 12:12 PM
 
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Why include those you don't need in planning; it just common sense in security of need to know as always. There are always consequences to actions tho; always has been.
i agree. without having had experience in planning a military strike, it's hard to say that a "norm" has been violated.
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Old 09-04-2013, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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The Brits behaved like spineless cowards. They do not deserve a seat at the table.
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Old 09-04-2013, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Eastern NC
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Seems like the standard operation procedures, as far as I can tell. You are not involved, you don't get to sit in on the planning and execution of the operation.

Actual from the article.

Pentagon sources have played down the snub, claiming that it would be “normal” for any country which is no longer involved in an operation to stop being included in the planning process.

Looks like another sensationalist British rag is fishing for headlines to me. Of course the Obama Haters will have a nice circular knee-jerk over it.
Exactly. Just another case of Conservatives whining about nothing.
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