But, do you really think our guys are that bold and audacious?
Our op plans are usually quite redundant. I keep thinking there are other forces in the mix (In Jordan, in SA, who knows?).
I wonder if we aren't going to airlift 4AD into H3 and move the armor through Israel and Jordan, or make some other move to flank the RG and help 3ID and Uncle Sam's Misguided Children.
Would we really plan to take Baghdad with only two divisions?
Would we really plan to take Baghdad with only two divisions?
Firstly, I have no idea what's going on out at H3. Nobody does. It's the big secret of the war. I believe that C-17's, C-5's, and C-141's are all flying in there like gangbusters. Now there's a highway that runs directly from H-3 to Baghdad. If you could fly in an armored brigade, just a brigade, then we'd have a modestly sized, but effective, little armored group to attack Baghdad from the West.
However, how are we supposed to fly in a brigade, much less a battalion, with the lift that we have? I don't think so. UNLESS, we have been smuggling stuff into Jordan and King Abdullah (having sealed off the border area on the second day of the war) will now allow what we have in East Jordan to motor on up to H3. So when Son of Plucky Little King unseals the border area, voila, no Americans save the Patriot Crews.
An armored brigade could pop out of nowhere. That's what I think H3 is all about. Either that or a Special Forces staging area, but H3 is too big an airport (as big as Hartsfield Int'l) just to stage SF.
Finally, no, we're not going to take Baghdad with two divisions. We will take it with four divisions. And I'm convinced that if we wipe out the Guard units south and southwest of Baghdad, the road might be open to walk right on in to the city. It depends on the psychology of the defenders.
This may be like the Germans walking into Paris in 1940.
Be Seeing You,
Chris