[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I'm starting to wonder myself. Damn! One cannot trust the office holder in this country. We hear all the rah! rah! then suddenly we are bogged down. Troops streaming towards Baghdad-100 to 160 miles away-then bogged down. Cities captured then fighting for the cities, then capture of the bridge leading into the city.(we have either captured the city or we have not.) The office holder had better be as straightforward as is possible.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Seems simple enough to me. Our main forces are racing towards Baghdad and soon will confront the RG divisions stationed outside the city, after they have been softened up by aerial bombardment. As cities are encountered, (Basra, Nssiriah, etc.) a contingent of troops hangs on to conduct the assault against the defenders inside. I imagine it is the media that mistakenly concludes that these cities have been "taken" after they have seen the main forces moive on. Dummies.