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To: RC one

Wrong.

Stingers from the US. [Air Defense]
Light artillery from US and allies.
ATGWs both captured and provided by west.
And supply depots in Pakistan provided by west and Pakistani Army.

Put together with limited LOCs and very rough terrain in Afghan.
Iraq does not have those terrain/LOC advantages except in the KRG [mountains] and the Hawar Marshes in south Maysan...

There are 3 rules to military analysis:
1. Know yourself. What I am saying is not just my opinion. The public statements of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, IA Chief of Staff, and IqAF Chief of Staff agree with me. I’m reporting the Iraqi military’s opinion of their own capabilities.
2. Know your enemy. The GoI does not publically state it but, their deployment positions indicate they are planning a defense against Iran and Iran’s ally Syria.
3. Know the ground on which you fight. Iraq is armor country with a serious road network - armor/air terrain - not much cover. Afghan is mostly rough terrain which limits the usefullness of armor and air - plenty of cover - Infantry ground.


22 posted on 12/28/2011 5:27:32 AM PST by DJ Elliott (Montrose Toast Blog)
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To: DJ Elliott

here we have a picture of a M1 Abrams MBT destroyed in Iraq by an insurgency that had none of things you mentioned.

here we have another picture of an M1 Abrams MBT destroyed in Iraq by an insurgency that had none of things you mentioned

here we have a picture of yet another M1 Abrams MBT destroyed in Iraq by an insurgency that had none of things you mentioned

BFV versus IED...in Iraq

M1 Abrams destroyed April 2003 outside Baghdad.

Abrams versus IED summer of 2005

all in all, I'd say it looks like you're wrong.

23 posted on 12/28/2011 10:40:46 AM PST by RC one (I will not vote for the gun grabbing, draft dodging, pro-choice, so called Republican Mitt Romney.)
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