[SandRat]

Wonder what the size of the cleaning bill was for the French and Russian military uniforms that were soiled from the inside? It had to be a big bill and a bigger cleaning task.

Wonder just how many mid grade Russian military personnel were asking the question; "And you wanted us to take the US on in a head to head fight? What were you NUTS?"

[randog]

Wonder what the size of the cleaning bill was for the French and Russian military uniforms that were soiled from the inside? It had to be a big bill and a bigger cleaning task.

Wonder just how many mid grade Russian military personnel were asking the question; "And you wanted us to take the US on in a head to head fight? What were you NUTS?"

Your comments are very close to the truth. This very same publication (The Moscow Times) printed an article shortly after the fall of Baghdad on the repurcussions of America's quick and decisive victory.

The Russians expected the Americans to get as far as Baghdad, where they would be bogged down into a war of attrition, one that the leftists could then turn into another "Vietnam quagmire" they so desperately sought. The Americans instead drew the Iraqis out of Baghdad into the open desert where they were decimated (remember the marines that only had a few bullets left and no water? Right....). The Russian military (as well as others) were shocked at the American tactics--they were light years advanced ahead of anyone else except for maybe the Brits.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

While there is no doubt we did a good job in Iraq, a war with the Soviet Union would have been much different. Just ask the Germans from WWII.

[RussianConservative]

Don't mistake Arab lack of fighting ability with Russia. Only glory Arabs ever find was pushing back Turks who under attack in Gallipoli and eastern Turkey. Russia bury 6 million Wehremacht, including most of Hitler elite divisions.