Iraq's Mogudishu Moment
Showing abused American POW's on Iraqi TV was a huge mistake for Ramadan and the gang. There is nothing like documenting your war crimes. In the sick mind of people like Osama and Saddam, there is the thought that all it takes to rattle US policy is to show some dead or abused GI's. Actually what happened in Somalia was the sight raised the question of "What are we doing here, where we really do not have a dog in this fight?" That is not an issue in Iraq, and the brutal treatment of our people only reinforce the determination to rid the world of the thugs running Baghdad.
While the caualties are unfortunate, they are not significant in terms of the operation. People who resort to raiding strategies do so because they do not have the means or the will to use a more effective strategy. The fact that Saddam & Sons are reduced to sending raiding parties out as illeagal combatants, out of uniform and feigning surrender just shows their moral bankruptcy to go with their strategic bankruptcy. It is not a winning hand. To the extent their is resistence in some of the cities it is made up of a few thugs and people who are still intimidated by Saddam. A dead or captured Saddam should pacify the cities.
US forces are in direct contact with the Medina Division of the Republican Guard this evening. The defensive positions are being attacked with helicopters, and surface to surface missles. Wiping out Iraqi artillery is a high priority. They need it to deliver their WMD. A good approach to wiping this outfit out would be to keep them "fixed" with the rocket and air attacks while sending armored units on an envelopment that would cut their line of retreat. If the Republican Guard can be cut off from Baghdad, it would thwart Saddam's strategy of engaging in street fighting in the city. Once US forces are between them and the city, they are dead.
Showing abused American POW's on Iraqi TV was a huge mistake for Ramadan and the gang. There is nothing like documenting your war crimes. In the sick mind of people like Osama and Saddam, there is the thought that all it takes to rattle US policy is to show some dead or abused GI's. Actually what happened in Somalia was the sight raised the question of "What are we doing here, where we really do not have a dog in this fight?" That is not an issue in Iraq, and the brutal treatment of our people only reinforce the determination to rid the world of the thugs running Baghdad.
While the caualties are unfortunate, they are not significant in terms of the operation. People who resort to raiding strategies do so because they do not have the means or the will to use a more effective strategy. The fact that Saddam & Sons are reduced to sending raiding parties out as illeagal combatants, out of uniform and feigning surrender just shows their moral bankruptcy to go with their strategic bankruptcy. It is not a winning hand. To the extent their is resistence in some of the cities it is made up of a few thugs and people who are still intimidated by Saddam. A dead or captured Saddam should pacify the cities.
US forces are in direct contact with the Medina Division of the Republican Guard this evening. The defensive positions are being attacked with helicopters, and surface to surface missles. Wiping out Iraqi artillery is a high priority. They need it to deliver their WMD. A good approach to wiping this outfit out would be to keep them "fixed" with the rocket and air attacks while sending armored units on an envelopment that would cut their line of retreat. If the Republican Guard can be cut off from Baghdad, it would thwart Saddam's strategy of engaging in street fighting in the city. Once US forces are between them and the city, they are dead.
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