U.S. Forces In Center Of Baghdad [Quagmire! What? No Quagmire? Part II]

CBSNEWS ^ | Saturday, April 5, 2003

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

They have not only unleashed the dogs of war, but I'm certain there are people sitting around in their bathrobes this morning on a site called FreeRepublic.com, going...

Yes, indeed. I've be watching the replay of Greg Kelly of Foxnews embedded with the 3rd ID as they made there way into Baghdad. Just a terrific piece of video.

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[Interesting Times]

So what did this "failed military plan" of Rummy's achieve the first two weeks?

Summarizing, 'failed' Allied forces, days into battle, "failed" all the way to the gates of the capital, Baghdad, suffering few combat casualties, compounding the 'failure.' Then, soon after, in operational pause mode, pounded invincible Republican Guard divisions to pulp, pushed through the 'Red line,' grabbed Saddam International Airport (renamed Baghdad International Airport), now poised to take the rest of Baghdad.

But there were other devastating 'failures,' thanks to the Rummy plan. 'Failures' like no Scud attacks on Israel, no humanitarian disaster, no Iraqi refugee flows, no out of control oil fires. And no wave of terrorist attacks here in the U.S.

Okay, okay, so Saddam, the media and the Democrats have had a couple of tough weeks. But hope springs eternal.

Scathing, powerful and true.

Thanks for this, and for all your other great articles.

[Victoria Delsoul]

"That's not how the theologians predicted the campaign would unfold," added McGeary, giddily. "The theory was that the initial display of military might by U.S. warplanes and ground troops would 'shock and awe' the Iraqi military and high-ranking officials into the conviction that resistance was futile...The despot's regime, Administration officials insisted, was too 'brittle' to survive such an onslaught. Iraqi troops would defect en masse, they suggested. But 'shock and awe' has failed to deliver...punishing strikes damaged trappings of Saddam's power but failed to crack the regime..." Saddam remains firmly "in control. Iraqis have endured bombing intermittently for more than 12 years and have learned resilience."

Here's the heart of "Field Marshal" Saddam's superior war plan, according to McGeary: "...Saddam played to his limited strengths...Saddam carefully chose forces that could handle double duty, tying down coalition troops with stubborn stream of skirmishes while compelling local populations to stay loyal."

The Rummy plan was a failure on every level, in short. Saddam remains in charge, his troops aren't surrendering, the locals aren't welcoming the Yankee invaders.

It's amazing how our armchair generals and our fair and balanced media know what should happen and what's going to happen better than, the military or GW, for that matter.

[JohnHuang2]

Thank you, my friend :)

[JohnHuang2]

hehehehe

[JohnHuang2]

Re: #25 -- LOL!

[JohnHuang2]

Re: #26 -- hehehehehehe

[JohnHuang2]

Reconnaissance probes took out thousands of the 'resistance' fighters, huh?

And in Operational Pause, to boot! ;)

[JohnHuang2]

lol -- thanks :)

[JohnHuang2]

Re: #34 -- bwahahaha!

[JohnHuang2]

Why, thanks, friend.

[JohnHuang2]

Thank you, friend.

[JohnHuang2]

Well said, hermana ;)

[MeekOneGOP]

hehehe ! Yep! :O)