Remember back in the lead up to the war when there was all of incredible speculation in the press about will Turkey let us move troups through or won't they? And how it would really hamper the war effort if we couldn't go in through Turkey.
The has to be one of the best examples of misdirection and disinformation ever done. Even all the Freepers wanted to incinerate Turkey for not giving our troups passage. And then it turns out we rolled over Iraq like it was defended by boy scouts.
I bet going through Turkey was never part of the plan, but the threat kept Sadam on his toes and his forces divided.
This is one of the reasons why I never listen to or watch the news anymore. I get my news here and even then, I give myself regular breaks.
The major media can all shove it all up their collective rears as far as I'm concerned. They'd just be putting it back where it came from.
The has to be one of the best examples of misdirection and disinformation ever done. Even all the Freepers wanted to incinerate Turkey for not giving our troups passage. And then it turns out we rolled over Iraq like it was defended by boy scouts.
I bet going through Turkey was never part of the plan, but the threat kept Sadam on his toes and his forces divided.
No. It hurt us substantially. As a result of the war not being fought north of Baghdad, the nuts up there were never defeated...and so instead of fighting them when we push into them, and eradicating the nutballs early on, we ended up with hidden weapon stocks and some actually trained fighters taking pot-shots at us.
It also meant that we had to take the troops allocated for the Northern half all the way around out of the Mediterranean to try to unload in an already over-crowded Kuwaiti port, and an obstructed Iraqi port weeks late.
No, this was not something we were faking.