Allies risk 3000 casualties in Baghdad - ex-general [Quagmire! Quagmire! er, flashback]

Reuters | March 24, 2003

[JohnHuang2]

Saturday, April 5, 2003

Quote of the Day by PogySailor

[CyberAnt]

Hmmmm?? So far - 4 injured!

[JohnHuang2]

Check the date of the article ;)

[Howlin]

Barry is SO busted.

And I am SO glad that Barry AND what's his face, Wesley Clark, are IN BED while this is all going on!

[JohnHuang2]

I Don't disagree with you -- can't take anything for granted. God bless our troops.

[GLDNGUN]

Gee, no wonder he was such a successful drug czar. (/sarcasm)

[CyberAnt]

Oooops! I was reading Baghdad - and thinking they were talking about the city - tonight - I'll try to watch that in the future.

[JohnHuang2]

;)

[BOBTHENAILER]

McCaffrey said Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had misjudged the nature of the conflict. Asked if Rumsfeld made a mistake by not sending more troops to start the offensive, McCaffrey replied: "Yes, sure. I think everybody told him that."

Barry must be sleeping soundly now, what with our forces deep into Baghdad, without 2-3000 casualties. Pray it remains that way.

Barry & Wesley would make a great "hawk" tag team on the new counter-Rush liberal talk show.

[randita]

I'd like to hear Gen. McCaffrey explain how and why he developed that prognosis.

[Norman Arbuthnot]

I'd like to hear Gen. McCaffrey explain how and why he developed that prognosis.

McCaffrey's estimate was not all that unrealistic at the time he made it, which was before the collapse of the Republican Guard. If the RG pulled back into Baghdad and fought block to block, with civilians in the mix, then we would looking at a very ugly situation. Military operations in urban terrain in past major conflicts have produced casuality rates as high as 30%. Insert thousands of troops into a city of several million, where the populace could be hostile, and it is not that much of a stretch to project casaulties in the 1,000s. It is absolutely great that we have done so well and if a large segment of the population of Baghdad lacks the will or motivation to fight to the end then we will prevail with casaulty numbers that are far below 2,000 to 3,000. That remains to be seen, although things are looking good for us right now.

[judicial meanz]

McCaffrey...should have known.

What a jerk. Put a cork in it Barry!

[Theophilus]

It's Agincourt 2003 because sometimes a "quagmire" suits the invaders!

[woofie]

Lest we forget

[woofie]

!!!! Oh MY God!!!! No!!!

[woofie]

Its the end of the world!!!!!

[LadyDoc]

Retired U.S. Army General Barry McCaffrey

If I remember correctly, he predicted all sorts of problems during the rush to Baghdad...I used to turn him off when I saw him on TV.

[woofie]

Check the date