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To: Ditto
You probably have better contacts than I, but from what I gather, the planning is much different than 91. The battlefield we're preparing isn't going to be anything like what happened in the past.

Well, they claim to have a couple of technologies not heretofore seen publically. That's pretty cool right there.

The civilians in the DOD wanted this inside-out thing -- strike at the head. The Generals, knowing that logistics rule all, and unwilling to make plans based on assumptions, want the outside-in thing, which would be a mini-Desert Storm. We'll probably see some melding of the two in actuality.

We can't strike at the head unless we can locate him, and of course Saddam has proven pretty adept at letting no one draw a bead on him.

Walt

518 posted on 11/15/2002 1:49:12 PM PST by WhiskeyPapa
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To: WhiskeyPapa
"The civilians in the DOD wanted this inside-out thing -- strike at the head. .............

We can't strike at the head unless we can locate him, and of course Saddam has proven pretty adept at letting no one draw a bead on him.

Well, you don't necessarly need to make the head room temp. in the openning minutes to get the effect you want. You simply need to make him unable to communicate with his forces --- i.e. AWOL. With a single-point command structure you have accomplished your mission. I don't know if this is true, but I have heard stories that we can infact do that. Once accomplished, we then capitalize on the highly developed sense of self-survival that Arab military leaders are famous for and effectively demonstrated in 1991.

532 posted on 11/15/2002 2:02:59 PM PST by Ditto
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