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2003-04-02 Iraq

MSNBC: Iraq smarter than US, all is lost

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Posted by Mark IV 2003-04-02 06:29 pm|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 More important than the reorganization of the Iraqi armed forces and the development of new missile systems following the 1991 war was the adoption of new tactics aimed at American ground forces, including their supply lines, judged to be the most vulnerable piece of the American war machine...

Translation: Supply convoys aren't staffed with combat troops of the character of actual fighting units, so that's what the Iraqi armed forces (or what passes for them) will go after.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-04-02 18:53:03|| 2003-04-02 18:53:03|| Front Page Top

#2 I chopped this baby down for brevity, it gets even better: Based on their successes in the use of ballistic missiles, specifically the modified Scud, or Al-Hussein, against Saudi Arabia and Israel, the Iraqis embarked on a missile development program that technically kept them in compliance with U.N. restrictions.

Now there was a good use of their time, and look what a runaway success the missile program has been for them this time around, with all those "lessons learned"...

Posted by Mark IV 2003-04-02 18:56:59|| 2003-04-02 18:56:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Dear God... what a load of nonsense. I realize this has been a long, long war (in another half hour, it'll be entering its third week) and I may have forgotten parts of it by now, but has anything gone Saddam's way so far at anything above squad or platoon level?

This sounds like it must have been written weekend before last, amidst all the hand-wringing over the first speed-bump.

Posted by Dave D. 2003-04-02 19:41:12|| 2003-04-02 19:41:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Good God.. is there no limit to the ludicrously biased reporting at CNN and MSNBC? This is simply beyond belief.

Posted by Targus 2003-04-02 20:30:54|| 2003-04-02 20:30:54|| Front Page Top

#5 What bugs me about all this reportage on the Iraqi Army being Soviet equipped with Soviet tactics and doctrine, I have yet to read about the Iraqi Army reacting to this invasion using any Soviet doctrine and tactics. I saw one of Fox News' advisors/general tell the audience the Iraqis use Soviet doctrine. Where, for chrisrssake?

Posted by badanov 2003-04-02 20:44:54|| [www.rkka.org] 2003-04-02 20:44:54|| Front Page Top

#6 I swear to Koresh this is the most idiotic echo chamber on the web. Because of the ridiculously incompetant diplomacy of this administration and their rosily ignorant strategic planning, we have already lost the political battle. All we can do now is quell the unrest and prepare for three generations of occupation. 2004 can't come soon enough. I only hope there will be something left to salvage from this catastrophe.

Posted by wetzel 2003-04-02 20:47:43|| 2003-04-02 20:47:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Also included in the article, describing GWI,
"Force-on-force engagements and open desert fighting resulted in destruction of entire units due to the overwhelming superiority of the U.S.-led coalitionâs equipment, technology, tactics, training and logistics support."

Hmmmmm. Yep, that's what's happening in Iraq as we speak. So what have they learned? Not to mention the fact that the guy writing that statement above left out "well-trained, well-equipped, knowledgable, experienced soldiers". The only thing that's 'changed' is sadsack's use of "terror" squadies, who, once they've exposed their 'tactics', have been rounded up or crushed.

It's a good thing the 'author' of this piece of slime isn't 'embedded', or he'd be 'enbalmed'.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-02 20:52:55|| 2003-04-02 20:52:55|| Front Page Top

#8 " Rick Francona, an NBC News military analyst, is a former defense attachÃ© to Baghdad and author of âFrom Ally to Adversary: An Eyewitness Account of Iraqâs Fall From Grace.â "
Cripes - how long ago was this, the 80's??

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-02 20:55:19|| 2003-04-02 20:55:19|| Front Page Top

#9 Wetzel... Please head back to Indymedia and take another Zoloft.

Posted by Targus 2003-04-02 22:04:33|| 2003-04-02 22:04:33|| Front Page Top

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