Yes indeed, that sure would be a problem if the so called enemy had arty or even a friggin Army, which they don't.
These technicals are nothing but a bunch of worked up Islamist idiots with AKs and grenades.
They are at best a damn nuisance.
A screw up would entail some catastrophe. Right? NO Iraqi military unit has been able to seriously disrupt the supply line. What we see are local militias that take pop shots on our convoy which do little more than delay the line at times. Nothing is PERFECT especially in WAR, and from everything I have heard and read there are no major problems on the front line with supplies and fuel. And like I said, more reinforcements are coming in all the time to protect our supply line.
Keep one thing in mind as you watch our strategy develop: We don't want to fight them inside Baghdad. With this goal in mind, it makes sense to charge rapidly towards Baghdad without a massive number of troops. The medium-sized three-division force we have moving towards Baghdad appears to be vulnerable to the Iraqis and draws them out of Baghdad to engage us. If they stay out of Baghdad we will steadily and efficiently destroy them in the open country and small cities. This 3-division force still has tremendous firepower and will whip the Republican guard with superior weaponry and air power. Although we may take a few casualties because we only have a medium-sized force, these are far fewer casulaties than we would take if we fight the same Iraqi units inside the Baghdad metropolis.
Our strategy, I belive is to bait them into staying outside of Baghdad for as long as possible, while we chew them up with superior armor and air assaults. The goal is to fight outside of Baghdad for as long as possible and minimize civilian casualties. Also, large forces as seen in Desert Storm are difficult to coordinate and are succeptible to friendly fire incidents. We're doing fine and all the criticism is mainly coming from the Democrat-controlled media.