World military academies will be dissecting this for years to come. Once a little distance is put between April 9th and the coming years, the words "shock and awe" will have a much different meaning. One-sixth of out military overran Iraq. The only counter seems to be an effective anti-air system, and that will require a serious leap in technology to challenge our air superiority.
Bravo, Bush, Franks, Rumsfeld, Rice, Wolfowitz, et al.
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To: Dirk McQuickly
Now that IS a compliment. Kudos to W's team.
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2 posted on
04/14/2003 1:37:03 PM PDT by
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3 posted on
04/14/2003 1:37:23 PM PDT by
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To: Dirk McQuickly
Israel is no stanger to shock and awe. They shocked and awe'ed the Arab world in six days, just 25 yrs ago.
4 posted on
04/14/2003 1:37:29 PM PDT by
week 71
To: Dirk McQuickly
Bravo, Bush, Franks, Rumsfeld, Rice, Wolfowitz, et al. Amen!
5 posted on
04/14/2003 1:38:07 PM PDT by
biblewonk
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To: Dirk McQuickly
"This has been a very strange and unprecedented war and it will take us awhile to learn what took place," Simple, we played a game of 'Cowboys and Arabs'.
6 posted on
04/14/2003 1:39:37 PM PDT by
Hodar
(With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: Dirk McQuickly
Dear Despot( insert name here): If you are going to f*** with eagles, you'd better learn to fly.
To: Dirk McQuickly
They are pretty darn good themselves and a lot better than they will admit.
8 posted on
04/14/2003 1:42:59 PM PDT by
SBprone
To: Dirk McQuickly
The whole world is amazed and jealous!
9 posted on
04/14/2003 1:43:43 PM PDT by
tomahawk
To: Dirk McQuickly
The only counter seems to be an effective anti-air system, and that will require a serious leap in technology to challenge our air superiority. We didn't even break a sweat in the air campaign. No use of EMPs, no tactical nukes. This is how we wage war against people we like, in full view of the press. Imagine if we were ticked off, or felt that out survival was in danger.
10 posted on
04/14/2003 1:43:48 PM PDT by
js1138
To: Dirk McQuickly
Key components of the strategy: pick a country that
1)is 20+ years behind you technologically
2)wants you to liberate them
3)has an army that will drop their guns at the first whiff of gunpowder
4)has no air defense capability beyond a few AAAs Meet those conditions, and execute your plan with complete excellence, and success will follow.
11 posted on
04/14/2003 1:44:32 PM PDT by
eBelasco
To: Dirk McQuickly
The War College is going to have a field day with this one for the next couple of decades.
Never thought about it before but America has THE most battle hardened military in the world.
12 posted on
04/14/2003 1:44:55 PM PDT by
Centurion2000
(We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
To: Dirk McQuickly
"We will have to learn from this war and draw the conclusions."And then take out Syria, saving us the trouble.
13 posted on
04/14/2003 1:45:16 PM PDT by
kevao
To: Dirk McQuickly
amazing article... thanks for posting
14 posted on
04/14/2003 1:45:20 PM PDT by
bedolido
To: Dirk McQuickly
I thought the rackies got a hold of some great anti-tank missles. And I thought they had silkworms. Were they overhyped duds? Anyone? I think a silkworm did actually hit a mall in kuwait. US Navy not exactly scared.
To: Dirk McQuickly
The Israelis could do the same with their airpower if they wanted. We are going to find that anyone using US technology will rule the battlefield.
23 posted on
04/14/2003 1:51:06 PM PDT by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: Dirk McQuickly
Bookmarking and bumping ...
To: Dirk McQuickly
The Americans were inspired. As a Christian I would say that they were inspired by God.
40 posted on
04/14/2003 1:59:12 PM PDT by
tiki
To: Dirk McQuickly
It also helps a great deal when the enemy is a cruel dictatorship of long standing.
42 posted on
04/14/2003 1:59:45 PM PDT by
cynicom
To: Dirk McQuickly
Last week on the Washington Report on CNBC they interviewed a fellow who gave insight into Rumsfeld's and other military leaders mindsets. I didn't get the name of the book he referred to, but the gist is responding so quickly that you get inside the enemies decision cycle, thus paralyzing them. It sounds like Rumsfeld and others really took the lesson to heart.
To: Dirk McQuickly
The only counter seems to be an effective anti-air system......one that is not susceptible to physical attack, computer network attack, jamming, spoofing, EMP bombs
good luck!
62 posted on
04/14/2003 2:07:52 PM PDT by
TankerKC
(Operation Iraqi Liberation is complete.)
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