Posted on 08/04/2002 2:33:02 AM PDT by kattracks
CAIRO - For all Saddam Hussein's bluster, his regime would quickly collapse under a U.S. military onslaught, experts in the region say.The Iraqi Army is so weak and demoralized after defeat in the 1991 Persian Gulf War and years of doing without new weapons that it would "fall like a sandcastle" if attacked by the U.S., said Egypt's former chief of staff, retired Gen. Salah Halaby.
Defense analysts say Iraq's equipment is largely of pre-1990, Warsaw Pact vintage. It has about 2,000 tanks, including a few hundred relatively modern T-72s, and a few hundred jet fighters and interceptors.
It's unclear how effectively maintained they are. United Nations sanctions imposed after the invasion of Kuwait have made spare parts hard to get.
The Associated Press
You're right ... I can't argue with that. I just hope we can accomplish a repeat of the Gulf War.
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