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We could have encircled units of the Iraqi army and captured them. Declare a shoot-on-sight dusk to dawn curfew and confiscate ALL weapons. We didn't put up with this $hit in post war Germany.

89 posted on 05/20/2004 9:34:17 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (I'm for the underdog; Bush '04)

To: Mike Darancette

We could have encircled units of the Iraqi army and captured them.

We certainly did that to the extent that we were able. You yourself stated that the Iraqis melted back into the populace before we ever got to them. Reread your own comment..

Declare a shoot-on-sight dusk to dawn curfew and confiscate ALL weapons.

We tried both, and failed. The reason we failed is because we have one troop in Iraq for every 148 Iraqis.. If we want to establish a police presence, which is what is required for that, we would need the 1:25 or so ratio we had in Germany & Japan after World War II.

We didn't put up with this $hit in post war Germany.

Yep.

Iraq 2004 - 1:148
Germany 1945 - 1:24

Ponder that one..

Nice try, though. We defeated the Iraqis as sufficiently as possible this side of reality..

90 posted on 05/20/2004 9:52:56 PM PDT by AntiGuv (When the countdown hits zero - something's gonna happen..)

To: Mike Darancette

Though, to be exact, we would not have needed the same density of occupation as was required in Nazi Germany, but we would have needed about twice the density we started off with..

94 posted on 05/20/2004 11:06:16 PM PDT by AntiGuv (When the countdown hits zero - something's gonna happen..)

To: Mike Darancette

Started off with in Iraq, that is. I think it's about my bedtime.. =)

95 posted on 05/20/2004 11:07:25 PM PDT by AntiGuv (When the countdown hits zero - something's gonna happen..)

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