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2002-09-19 Axis of Evil

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-09-19 09:22 am|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Let's hope the Kuwaiti armed forces give a better account of themselves this time. As I recall, in GW I they held out for a whole 12 hours. Even the French held out longer than that :-)

Posted by Steve White 2002-09-19 12:37:40|| 2002-09-19 12:37:40|| Front Page Top

#2 True, but France was a globe-spanning Empire. The Kuwaiti resistance was both well organized and brave, the Kuwaiti airforce kept running until they were driven off the very road they used when their primary air base was destroyed. The Kuwaitis will fight hard, they know the penalty and price otherwise.

Posted by Anonymous 2002-09-19 13:36:33|| 2002-09-19 13:36:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Kuwait's military during GW1 was tiny - maybe three brigades. Hussein's first echelon alone outnumbered the entire Kuwaiti army 8-1 IIRC. And much of that army escaped, re-equipped, and fougnt in the return to Kuwait. The KAF, as mentioned above, fought as well as the circumstances (and their old aircraft) allowed.

Posted by MBerg 2002-09-19 19:53:30|| [www.mitchberg-design.com/shotindark/] 2002-09-19 19:53:30|| Front Page Top

#4 The Kuwaiti armed forces numbered about 20,000 men. The Iraqi invasion force was about five times that size.

Posted by Fred 2002-09-19 20:08:16|| 2002-09-19 20:08:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Ok, I stand corrected, especially concerning the KAF. My apologies to the brave Kuwaitis out there.

Posted by Steve White 2002-09-19 22:57:42|| 2002-09-19 22:57:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Think Poland, and the calvary charging the tanks.

Posted by Chuck 2002-09-20 05:33:51|| [www.simmins.org] 2002-09-20 05:33:51|| Front Page Top

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