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2008-12-10 Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2008-12-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 I think I see 20-20 hindsight being applied here. Were the politicians that were busy spending the "peace dividend" and cutting the military reviewed in this report?

Posted by tipover 2008-12-10 00:22|| 2008-12-10 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Press TV Iran. The media eqivalent of performance art.

Posted by tu3031 2008-12-10 00:25|| 2008-12-10 00:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Careful, they're only cannon fodder if you sneak up on them. After that, they bite back.

Posted by gorb 2008-12-10 02:37|| 2008-12-10 02:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Continue to think that Iran. Come at us in human wave attacks too. Scares the bejezus out of us. Really.

Posted by DarthVader 2008-12-10 09:48|| 2008-12-10 09:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Total, absolute bullshi*! DoD was aware of the dangers of radioactive fallout as well, but no one built fallout shelters! You don't (import hulls - another story) assemble a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) deploy the heavy bastard to the Gulf, train crews, and get it operational in 30 days. Without going into details, there was and continues to be a massive, I say again MASSIVE and very successful counter-VBID/IED effort throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. Counter-VBID/IED training programs in CONUS, and both active and passive measures in theater. Very little has enjoyed a higher priority than this effort. Special note to CAC, and The Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) from an old ranker: Ironically, the MRAP Buffalo and Cougar originated from designs made in South Africa and Rhodesia during the bush wars of the 70's and 80's.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-10 10:09|| 2008-12-10 10:09|| Front Page Top

#6 It's Iranian Pravda, tipover. Don't get too excited about enemy propaganda.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2008-12-10 11:18|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2008-12-10 11:18|| Front Page Top

#7 The 'article' seems to overlook the Iranian role in supplying the explosives for those roadside bombs.

Posted by SteveS 2008-12-10 12:18|| 2008-12-10 12:18|| Front Page Top

#8 In another report, military sources confirm that the Army of the Potomac was aware of the danger of massed musketry fire as early as 1861 yet took no steps to protect US soldiers. Lincoln administration officials have so far failed to respond to the allegations.

Posted by Baba Tutu 2008-12-10 12:23|| 2008-12-10 12:23|| Front Page Top

#9 Oops! I didn't notice the source. It did look so much like the NYT's style of reporting.

Posted by tipover 2008-12-10 14:18|| 2008-12-10 14:18|| Front Page Top

#10 I think they compared our casualties vs. Iraq with theirs during the Iran-Iraq war, and didn't like what they saw.

It is standard practice to project casualty estimates before you get into a war. Right now, their C&GS is probably saying to itself, "WTF!!! How the hell did they do that???"

They are now having to face the ugly idea that as much cannon fodder they throw at us, they are still not going to achieve much in US casualties.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-12-10 18:03|| 2008-12-10 18:03|| Front Page Top

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