ABC Radio is reporting the Coalition is on the tarmac, opposition is nowhere to be seen

ABC News - Radio | 04/03/03 | ABC News

[peeve23]

Perhaps. Although Vietnam comes to mind. So does Somalia.

Compare the leadership of Bush vs Clinton cf Iraq vs Somalia.

[jejones]

You KNOW that the LEFT WING/Socialist Media is PRAYING for a GRAND STAND by the ELITE/SPECIAL/GLORIOUS IRAQI Forces in Baghdad.

I can say that I've seen such sentiments expressed by at least one of the DUnderheads.

[White Mountain]

>> Saddam Intl. Airport

Let's rename it Iraqi Freedom International Airport.

[veryconernedamerican]

there is none really, both viet nam and somalia niether were we attempting to take control of the enemy, not wars.
the people who say this is simuliar to vietnam and somalia
don't know war. somalia we sent a few guys in to keep peace it didn't work, in vietnam we sent alo of guys in to keep another country to take over our ally/prevent the spread of communism, it did work. at no point did we make a serious attmept to take over the north, that was a mistake, supply lines remained intact and a superpower was supplying equipment to the north. this is not simular to iraq either.

[BlueNgold]

Many (including myself) are wondering who and how many are operating in the western deserts .. much speculation about the II MEF is involved. Based on unclassified info available some elements of the II MEF (2-6 and 2-8) are accounted for in the current direct assault actions as part of the I MEF. That's all the info I could get - far from conclusive or complete, just trying to help.

[LS]

I'm beginning to think either they did not move out, or are not there. I can't believe, if they are "out there," they would have waited this long to swoop down between Tikrit and Baghdad---especially with Special Forces operating in Tikrit. Who knows? Maybe I was totally wrong about the II MEF. It's certainly starting to look that way.

[peeve23]

?????

LOL.

So you're saying that a highly technological military can have a good plan or a bad plan. That was the original point. Go back and check it out.

[mrb1960]

I was thinking the same thing..........

[js1138]

We may need a large occupying force, at least at first. Don't know about three years, though.

If you want to discuss genius in a plan, consider it may take years before the country is pacified enough to be safe for the bluehats. In the meantime, we can be overseeing a new government. By the time we declare the nation ready for the UN, it won't have any reason for entering.

By the way, how is this (UN) being handled in Afghanistan?

[js1138]

it's not really even genius, it is a simple fact of military superiority. one guy is bigger, stronger, faster and a better fighter with better weapons than the other no matter how you slice we win

As Bush says, it's a matter of political will.

[Tom Bombadil]

, let us "win" and take over the country and then fight guerilla style.

They will need the support of a population they have controlled up to this point with fear. If they don't change their control methods, a geurilla war will be short lived, particularly if the people percieve the alternative as one that will just let them live their lives without fear.

[plain talk]

Not to be argumentative but the Iraqi people are not going to do squat IMO to get rid of paramilitary types, e.g Basra. My point is Saddam and whoever is left could still run a paramilitary operation in Iraq for years.

[Tom Bombadil]

You may be right. I've often thought that the Russian "mafia" was just an extension of the old KGB.

The lack of a quick replacement government would also tend to favor your view. Things are very dicey in Iraq.

In my view though, any continuation of the present regime would more resemble gangsters than it would a true guerilla movement because the Iraqi people just want to be left alone to live thier lives in peace, and the vast majority of them will "migrate" to the side they percieve as being most benign........Thanks for the thought.