Posted on 04/11/2004 2:05:53 AM PDT by OutSpot
Can anyone tell me how the Iraqi insurgents are able to penetrate our invincible Abrams tank?
"Something" felled an M1A1 Abrams tank in Iraq - but what?
... tank is marked by a circle in the above photo, showing the damage behind the skirt.
A close-up of the mysterious rounds point of entry. The round penetrated ...
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Projectile that penetrated M1A1 Abrams Tank still a mystery
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| Oct 31,2003. ... Projectile that penetrated M1A1 Abrams Tank still a mystery. ...
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M1-A1 Abrams: tough to kill, but not invulnerable
... as much attention as the review of the Army's lumbering M1-A1 Abrams tank's performance
in ... I don't know of one instance that the frontal armor was penetrated. ...
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Losses and deaths, though regretable and tragic, are acceptable. Losing the mission is not.
Bush and the JCS had better regroup and rethink the order of battle. We need to recognize that the enemy is Islam, and potentially, all Muslims. The U.S. had better understand the role of Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and other countries where support flows from (either directly or indirectly sponsored by their governments), and take direct action to end support to the insurgents. If the battlefield needs to be expanded to win the war, it'd better be done now. If we need to be more ruthless, and engage in less "nation building" to guarantee victory and minimize the returning bodybags, then we need to change our tactics. If we need to double the number of troops in the field, and expand the standing military head counts, then Bush had better NOT be late doing so.
I can't think of anything that would cause me to support a lying, dishonorable, traitor like Kerry. But Bush will lose my support if we're not in this fight to win, if the U.S. will not take the bold steps necessary to win the war.
If we're not in this to win, and win with MINIMUM necessary losses, then better to bail out and let the Kerry Democrats have the country. As a military man, I'm losing my confidence in the Bush team. Election year politics cannot dictate military strategy.
SFS
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