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2003-03-27 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2003-03-27 05:49 pm|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 anti-Saddam Hussein citizens rise up against the government
It ain't gonna happen. This will be Rumsfeld's second miscalculation.
The only way I see this happening is if American forces take and hold a part of the city, allowing the anti-Saddam population to sneak in, re-arm, and go after the pro-Saddam thugs.
Revolts don't happen without a spark and fuel source. Surrounding the city will not be enough of a spark.

Posted by RW 3/27/2003 7:25:56 PM|| 3/27/2003 7:25:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 anti-Saddam Hussein citizens rise up against the government
It ain't gonna happen. This will be Rumsfeld's second miscalculation.
The only way I see this happening is if American forces take and hold a part of the city, allowing the anti-Saddam population to sneak in, re-arm, and go after the pro-Saddam thugs.
Revolts don't happen without a spark and fuel source. Surrounding the city will not be enough of a spark.

Posted by RW 2003-03-27 19:25:56|| 2003-03-27 19:25:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Just be prepared for TV out of Baghdad of bug eyed starving little children and their mothers on the Kim Il Jong(tm) diet. Of course the thugs will be well fed, but that doesn't make good theater to beam across the world on the We-Hate-America Network(tm). You just got a taste of cheap propaganda with the explosion in the Baghdad marketplace. It's not what we believe, it is what the world believes. And if we weren't concerned about World Opinion(tm) why would we be making such a great effort in reducing potential Iraqi civilian and military casualties? The Siege(tm) will be just as destructive as a direct assault in civilian casualties and the noise of the WHA Network.

Posted by Don 2003-03-27 19:29:49|| 2003-03-27 19:29:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Rummie should study the German siege of Leningrad. And Stalin wasn't even in town. And of course Hitler didn't give a damn about how many people would die of hunger. The more the better.
A siege would kill any chance Americans could later be seen as liberators. And America has no chance to pacify Iraq while being seen as a hostile occupant.
The RG will not roam the streets, they will hide in the houses to shoot at anything moving.
The key to Iraq is not Baghdad, it's Saddam. ONLY Saddam.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-27 20:07:35|| 2003-03-27 20:07:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't be too hard on Rummy. He's playing mind games with some bad-assed characters in Baghdad.

Posted by john 2003-03-27 20:52:00|| 2003-03-27 20:52:00|| Front Page Top

#6 He's also playing mind games with a bunch of idiots in the State Department, and several dozen left-wing newspapers in the States, as well. The world will not be the same place in six months. Let's just hope the changes will be for the better.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-03-27 21:31:29|| 2003-03-27 21:31:29|| Front Page Top

#7 For years we have had arguements back and forth regarding whether or not to engage in dis-information as a matter of government policy. It is now appearant that the best practioner of this art is the SecDef himself. He uses verbal sleight of hand as well as a master magician does prestidigitation. He never tells a lie, but he mis-directs the media wonderfully. What the media has not as yet learned in this campaign in Irag, is that the DoD is using them to make Saddam chase his tail. It could end up being one of the milestones of modern warfare policy.
Drew

Posted by Drew 2003-03-28 00:15:59|| 2003-03-28 00:15:59|| Front Page Top

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