[homeagain balkansvet]

Sounds to me like he's preparing to fight the last war himself.

Thirty special forces < 300,000 troops.

1 SF company < five US Army divisions, plus six carriers and half the USAF.

We're going to kick ass. Quickly.

[BillM]

This guy is an ex AF Col. Hardly a combined arms stategist.

[pepsionice]

This war....will last no more than 10 days...kill probably less than 200 civilians (human shields don't count as real people...remember)...and probably have less than 100 American casualities. It is quiet likely that 75 percent of Iraqi army units will stand down as the US forces advance...allowing them the fastest advance in any US campaign ever. The only place where blood will be seen is Baghdad...and the faithful Republican Guard will give a last ditch defense of Saddam. My guess is that they will suffer high rates of death. My guess is that most of Saddam's personal staff and family will meet at some deep buried complex and believe that US munitions will not reach them. US munitions will reach them...and terminate them.

And when all the smoke has cleared...all of these idiots in Europe will completely forget about Iraq within four weeks. Their economies are in such a mess that this has helped to focus the voting public on Bush and Iraq and not the terrible economic trouble at the heart of Europe.

[sneakypete]

We're going to kick ass. Quickly.

You think we can easily and quickly defeat the Repulican Guard (they sound like Bush-Bots,don't they?) if they decide to dig in and fight house to house in the cities? Ever heard of Stalingrad? Remember,these people will be the ones with nothing to lose by fighting because their lives and maybe even the lives of their families depend on Hussein and them staying in power.