[Burkeman1]

Stalingrad? This guy doesn't have a clue. Baghdad will not be anything like Stalingrad.

[laconic]

Differences with Stalingrad: 1) weather is "better"; 2) no outside source of supply such as the US; 3) German line back to source supply products was 2000 miles long - ours is 300 miles; 4) the generals are (mostly) in charge rather than a raving lunatic in Berlin; 5) Hitler intended to use Russians as slaves.

[driftless]

The pro-Saddam, anti-West fifth columnists like Cockburn are smoking heavy dope. For one thing the Russians were reinforced daily and had over a million more soldiers than the Germans at their command. The Germans were not able to be resupplied or reinforced in the numbers they needed and did not have the vast technical and military superiority that the coalition forces have. By ourselves we could do it without great problems. With the Brits and other wonderful allies with us, Hussein doesn't stand the chance of a snowball in Hell where he will be going very shortly. It's just a matter of time.