[JohnHuang2]

Ping...

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so very much for the excellent essay! Hugs!!!

[SierraWasp]

Oh you unmitigated, insufferable optimist! You're just like our President and his overly aggressive henchmen! You go on like America was something really so superior to every other country in every possible way, when in your more sober moments you know that's just drunken optimism.

Don't you understand that the rest of the world doesn't want to have to put up with this self-righteous certitude from this fundamentalist christian selected President and his amen cabinet?

Don't you understand that his Freudian slip early on, in calling this a crusade, wasn't missed by the Muslim world?

Haven't you noticed that even the Pope is having a hard time with this "Born Again" American "manifest destiny" attitude?

How long do you think this delusional and audatious administration can get away with this christian cowboy demeanor?

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...

"WHO, WHO, WHO LET THE DOGS OUT!!!

[SierraWasp]

Hay, "King of Ping!"

Yer evun bedder at epistle writen, than yew are at pingen!!!

Power to the perpetual pinger!!!

[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.