To: Grampa Dave
If reports from last week are to believed, when this thing starts the British Paratroopers are going to immediatley jump in and take Baghdad airport from the get-go.
To: grahm_crackers
I find that really hard to believe. Unless there is some coup being plotted, there is no way we're sending paratroopers into Baghdad right away. What I expect, and my opinion is worthless and usually wrong, is 3-4 days of really intense bombing, then the blitzkrieg begins.
32 posted on
03/15/2003 10:46:03 AM PST by
Mr.Clark
To: grahm_crackers
Not just British..
37 posted on
03/15/2003 10:50:24 AM PST by
ewing
To: grahm_crackers
Somehow, I don't see Britain risking thousands of casualties in such a move. They only have a 120,000-man Army, after all. But I'm sure they'll be in the thick of things, when the time comes.
To: grahm_crackers
If reports from last week are to believed, when this thing starts the British Paratroopers are going to immediatley jump in and take Baghdad airport from the get-go. That would be a suicide mission. It would take 3 days minimum to link up with them. No way to resupply with all the AA around Baghdad. Crazy. Not to be believed.
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