[gunshy]

My point was that overconfidence in our technology can cause a breakdown in our ability to win the next war. We had "puff" in nam and we had lots of napalm, it didn't do us much good. All I am saying is that we should not enter this war thinking it will be a picnic. There are 50,000 gi's from nam who I think will agree with me.

[SamAdams76]

You are right about that. No war is ever a "picnic." Otherwise it wouldn't be a war. A lucky shot will bring down a plane or two and there is always the chance that Sadaam might lob chemicals (or worse) at our troops. But I do not think it is an overconfidence in technology that causes me to believe a war in Iraq will be a (relatively speaking) cakewalk. They are overmatched, period. The United States will not lose this war.