On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:45:55 +0000, Simon Morden wrote:
Michael Ash wrote:

I do recall thinking, during the
fall of Iraq and the immediate aftermath, that a trained monkey could
probably do a better job of defending that country. Take all of those
army units that got surrounded/wiped out/whatever and simply distribute
them throughout the cities. Give each one a rifle, give RPGs to as many
as you can. Tell them to wait in a building by the window. When they see
Americans, shoot (at) them. As it was, I suppose the high ranks were too
busy trying to get out of harm's way with as much cash as possible to
put any effort into making life hard on the US Army.

I concur. If the Iraqis had been as determined as say, the Soviets in defense of
Leningrad and Stalingrad, the choices would have been between bomb Baghdad flat or
suffer massive casualties.

Thank God they weren't.

Indeed. It would have been a bloodbath.


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