Geeze I thought the Wes Clark said we had insufficient troops.
Sorry we don't do wars of attrition, that's the old Europe philosophy. We do firstest with the mostest. How? With superior ability to communicate the operational picture up and down the chain of command. We knew where the Iraqi Divisions were. They could only guess at our dispositions. In addition, it appears that hardcore elements adopted the run away to fight another day strategy. There's a lot of buried munitions and weapons that are being policed up.
As far as the ability to fight and win, each American generation has demonstrated it toughness, ability and courage. I don't think today's generation has to take a back seat to anyone.
Geeze I thought the Wes Clark said we had insufficient troops.
What day was that? And was that his morning, afternoon or evening position? Was it before or after he took his meds? I think you'd betteer check with his press secretary on that. Or make that, HE'D better check with his press secretary on that.
Sorry we don't do wars of attrition, that's the old Europe philosophy. We do firstest with the mostest. How? With superior ability to communicate the operational picture up and down the chain of command. We knew where the Iraqi Divisions were. They could only guess at our dispositions. In addition, it appears that hardcore elements adopted the run away to fight another day strategy. There's a lot of buried munitions and weapons that are being policed up.
That's all true. But the ultimate criterion for judging a fighting force is the greatness of the enemy over whom it triumphed. When two great forces meet on the field of battle, attrition is inevitable. I'm happy for our boys in Iraq that they didn't have to make a world-historical statement, but I'm not going to dishonor our boys from WWII, by saying that both American forces were equals.