THE WAY THINGS REALLY WORK: Why Baghdad Fell in 23 Days

StrategyPage.com ^ | December 29, 2003

[Grampa Dave]

Since the fall of the Axis in WWII, the despot leaders have not had that realization or fear ""just don't even THINK about f**king with the US of A any more, or we will quite simply kill you".

Now there is a clear and definite danger if they want to try to harm Americans and America. We don't have to kill millions of their probably innocent countrymen, we kill just their under thugs and them.

[Radix]

please note that our next REAL opponent..

They was our last REAL opponent.

This Bush administration "gets it" and the media is our very worst enemy right now. The libs, and/or dems have underestimated the American people, but the media still has a lot of clout on such people who like to consider themselves to be informed.

The liberal media just confounds me sometimes. What people will do for a by-line, or an opportunity to be on television. Amazing.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

ping...

[Mr. Lucky]

A visitor from outer space, being on Earth only long enough to observe the media's coverage of the Iraqi War, could only conclude that the adjective ELITE was the Arabic word for incompetent girly-men.

[MEG33]

I salute our armed forces and the individual's skill and bravery.

[prairiebreeze]

23 days of major operations. It's still amazing, huh?

Prairie

[McGavin999]

And that's why we are so proud of these guys and that's why we will fight the democrats who are trying to get the draft started again. Today's military MUST be staffed with those who are warriors down deep in their souls. The single most important thing to them is to protect their country and loved ones.

[maxwellp]

"Testimonial to the troops".

We watch these young guys on FoxNews. They are young, fine and the best Americans! God keep them safe.

[blackie]

What our enemies (and our military) learned about our awesome troops over 23 days of major operations on the way to Baghdad last Spring ~ Bump!

[PhilDragoo]

The word got around that to fight the Americans was to die quickly. Nothing worked against them, and they would keep coming at you and kill you.

[Valin]

Not just the Chinese, but every war college and general staff is even now studying this and the Afghan campaign. The way wars are fought just changed.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Very good graphic. The islamists are currently getting "horned".

[Terabitten]

I am the Infantry--Queen of Battle! For two centuries I have kept our Nation safe, Purchasing freedom with my blood. To tyrants, I am the day of reckoning; to the oppressed, the hope for the future. Where the fighting is thick, there am I…I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

I was there from the beginning, meeting the enemy face to face, will to will. My bleeding feet stained the snow at Valley Forge; my frozen hands pulled Washington across the Delaware. At Yorktown, the sunlight glinted from the sword and I, begrimed…Saw a Nation born. Hardship…And glory I have known. At New Orleans, I fought beyond the hostile hour, showed the fury of my long rifle…and came of age. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

Westward I pushed with wagon trains…moved an empire across the plains…extended freedom's borders and tamed the wild frontier. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

I was with Scott at Vera Cruz…hunted the guerilla in the mountain passes…and scaled the high plateau. The fighting was done when I ended my march many miles from the old Alamo.

From Bull Run to Appomattox, I fought and bled. Both Blue and Gray were my colors then. Two masters I served and united them strong…proved that this nation could right a wrong…and long endure. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

I led the charge up San Juan Hill…scaled the walls of old Tientsin…and stalked the Moro in the steaming jungle still…always the vanguard, I am the Infantry!

At Chateau-Thierry, first over the top, then I stood like a rock on the Marne. It was I who cracked the Hindenburg Line…in the Argonne, I broke the Kaiser's spine…and didn't come back 'till it was "over, over there." I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

A generation older at Bataan, I briefly bowed, but then I vowed to return. Assaulted the African shore…learned my lesson the hard way in the desert sands…pressed my buttons into the beach at Anzio…and bounced into Rome with determination and resolve. I am the Infantry!

The English channel, stout beach defenses and the hedgerows could not hold me…I broke out at St. Lo, unbent the Bulge…vaulted the Rhine…and swarmed the Heartland. Hitler's dream and the Third Reich were dead.

In the Pacific, from island to island…hit the beaches and chopped through swamp and jungle…I set the Rising Sun. I am the Infantry!

In Korea, I gathered my strength around Pusan…swept across the frozen Han…outflanked the Reds at Inchon…and marched to the Yalu. FOLLOW ME!

In Vietnam, while others turned aside, I fought the longest fight, from the Central Highlands to the South China Sea I patrolled the jungle, the paddies and the sky in the bitter test that belongs to the Infantry. FOLLOW ME!

Around the world, I stand…ever forward. Over Lebanon's sands, my rifle steady aimed…and calm returned. At Berlin's gates, I scorned the Wall of Shame. I spanned the Caribbean in freedom's cause, answered humanity's call. I trod the streets of Santo Domingo to protect the innocent. In Grenada, I jumped at Salinas, and proclaimed freedom for all. My arms set a Panamanian dictator to flight and once more raised democracy's flag. In the Persian Gulf, I drew the line in the desert, called the tyrant's bluff and restored right and freedom in 100 hours. Duty called, I answered. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

My bayonet…on the wings of power… keeps the peace worldwide. And despots, falsely garbed in freedom's mantle, falter…hide. My ally in the paddies and the forest…I teach, I aid, I lead. FOLLOW ME!

Where brave men fight…there fight I. In freedom's cause…I live, I die. From Concord Bridge to Heartbreak Ridge, from the Arctic to the Mekong, to the Caribbean…the Queen of Battle! Always ready…then, now, and forever. I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

Courtesy US Army Infantry School, Ft. Benning, Georgia

[MEG33]

Thank you for the wonderful post.Thank you armed forces for our liberty!#64

[MEG33]

OOPS 54!

[MEG33]

#54 Pardon my mistake

[q_an_a]

a nephew, who just completed his tour as a marine with special training said of an exercise with some middle eastern types, "They where amazed at how young we all where and how effective, they only thing they could do to keep up was to pull us back."

The problem with arabs is they don't think well as individuals but as a social group under the tribal leader.

[Mariner]

"Serbia"?

Dude, look at a map.........

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!