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If I can read between the lines of the Wizards post.

SH was all ready to defend against a main thrust through Kuwait and an amphibious assault near Basra...also remember the little skirmish at Khafgi which made it look like taking Kuwait City would be street fighting...like people are worried about now...

Instead, Schwartzkopf showed us this major secret Schlieffen plan type of swing hugely west in Iraq before we even went over the berms in Kuwait...

this forced the Iraqis to flee Kuwait like a 60's looter in Watts....which of course led to the major destruction of Hussein's R Guard on the "Highway of death".

so...to sum....

I would suggest that the Russkies are letting us use bases...and so are other quiet areas (Jordan?). We are feignting in Kuwait? Turkey?...and coming in other ways.

I certainly don't see large armored columns advancing on Baghdad...

I liked the cryptic little note today that there were large Iraqi units heading south towards Baghdad with undertermined purpose...

...we have no idea whether these troops are loyal or not...or maybe WE do and SADDDAM DOES NOT!

;)

Take it for granted that the psyops people will deserve a major pat on the back for faking out SH on this one...

Maybe we should rememer Patton and the phony army before D-Day.

Instead, Schwartzkopf showed us this major secret Schlieffen plan type of swing hugely west in Iraq before we even went over the berms in Kuwait...

But we didn't; the Marines were over the berms in Kuwait befor the main part of the "Left Hook" even moved at all.

Actually what screwed up things is the forces in Kuwait went through the Iraqis like a hot knife through butter, the RG never counterattacked the attack in Kuwait like we expected; thus they weren't trapped and totally annihilated by the left hook.

I would suggest that the Russkies are letting us use bases...and so are other quiet areas (Jordan?). We are feignting in Kuwait? Turkey?...and coming in other ways.

Good suggestion. There is a lot more going on than what we are hearing and seeing in the "NEWS". I'm thinking ten days tops before it hits the fan.