On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 14:19:03 +0000, JohnH wrote:


And right there, IMHO, is where we made a big boo-boo. We let
humanitarian considerations take precedence. We didn't get behind
the Republican Guard, et al, and waste their young asses when they
turned to run.

That would have been down right treacherous on our part. Part of
the pre-war strategy was to bribe many of the Iraqi military not to
fight.

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=...5-082954-2864r


And most of the talk is from the Dems who think they know more than
the generals on the ground. More troops does mean more targets.
Rumsfeld isn't asking for more troops.

I would suggest that it is Rumsfeld who thinks he knows more than
the generals on the ground. He is the one who kept pushing for a
leaner war plan. Rumsfeld has fought this war from a business man's
perspective, not from a general's. Do you remember the heat Gen.
Shinseki took for his estimation of occupation forces?

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security...agoncontra.htm