From: JJ&A (w7ls@blarg.net)
Date: Sat Feb 01 2003 - 14:36:06 PST
I agree with Sarge. The media shouldn't be showing this stuff, either. This
is a classic excuse. Remember as a kid, we used the excuse "well, HE did it!".
You never know what little tidbit or conjecture could be useful to the enemy.
We, as a group, tend to know more about the vehicle aspects than the media. We
might intuit what is going on more accurately than the talking heads and camera
crews. Let's not share any of that. Jim
micdunn wrote:
> Sarge here: on a serious note this time.
> Jay, you are not over-reacting.
> A lot of people probably think that 'Loose lips sink ships' is a WW2 slogan
> that does not apply in this day and age when the media shows military
> equipment being loaded onto ships bound for the Gulf.
> I strongly bloody disagree. Excuse the expletive, but I lost family because
> of this.
> In 1982, a BBC reporter noted on the news that the Argentines were hitting
> British ships with their Exocet missiles, however they were not exploding
> because they were fused incorrectly. Of course, the next wave of missiles
> were fused correctly (Argentines do watch television), and a lot of British
> sailors died.
> HMS Sheffield was hit and my cousin Tim was killed.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J Travis" <dagobert@ix.netcom.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 10:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Tanks headed to the port?
>
> > Joe,
> >
> > Not to be an ass about it, but while I am interested in big armored
> > things too, is it really prudent to make this list into something that
> > could be misused by the wrong people (like any stray Iraqi or al-Queda
> > cells in the US) as a defacto intel source? I know that is NOT your
> > intention and I'm not accusing you of any such thing; only pointing out
> > that this is a publically available list on a topic that might have the
> > attention of such people as lurkers anyway, and while there is no harm
> > in discussing MVs, I would hate for our list to in ANY way provide intel
> > for our enemies. Maybe I am over-reacting, but I'd rather be safe than
> > sorry when it might risk the lives of our troops, even in domestic
> > positions while in transit. If I'm wrong, I'm sure I'll hear about it.
> > But as the lod slogan once went, "Loose lips sink ships." Even while
> > they may still be in port.
> >
> > Jay Travis
> >
> > GOTAM35 wrote:
> >
> > >Here's something to chew on. My brother just called me to report that he
> > >has been passing lots of BIG Army trucks with very large trailers out
> side
> > >of Charleston SC. These truck were empty and under police (civilian)
> > >escort. He has also noticed a bunch of tanks (M1's?) on private trailers
> > >headed the same direction. For anyone that don't know, Charleston is a
> big
> > >port city.
> > >
> > >Are these tanks going to be loaded onto the Army transports and put on a
> > >ship? Just something for speculation. Persian Gulf?
> > >
> > >Joe Trapp
> > >
> > >
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