[section9]

Now that makes a lot more sense. It still seems like an Enemy At The Gate situation though.

Something about Stalingrad has been lost among the chattering classes in our media.

If you look at a map of Stalingrad you'll notice that the Germans faced an enemy that could reinforce the city at will. Yes, the Red Army had to get troops accross the Volga, but they were still able to get them there.

By the time the Sixth Army had taken Stalingrad, it had been seriously degraded as a combat force because the Red Army was able to reinforce and attrit the Germans.

When time comes to get at Baghdad, we'll be in a position in which reinforcement of the Iraqis will be out of the question. For the time being, limited numbers of Iraqi troops are being attritted by the Air Force and Naval Aviation.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[biblewonk]

My concern is the ease that snipers could take our soldiers down while in the city. Every single man we lose is politically magnified by a thousand which is good in a way but also makes it a politically charged situation.

I notice that so far we have lost fewer men than a single days worth of traffic accidents which would be about 110. I'd sure rather die in combat for a good cause than in a car accident or a miserable Great White fire.

[Jim Noble]

>>Yes, the Red Army had to get troops accross the Volga, but they were still able to get them there<<

When was the last time the Tigris froze?