Is Hussein this stupid?
The Washington Post ask if the current attacks where Hussein's plan all along.
"The recent string of high-profile attacks on U.S. and allied forces in Iraq has appeared to be so methodical and well crafted that some top U.S. commanders now fear this may be the war Saddam Hussein and his generals planned all along.
"...Not everyone in Iraq agrees with that theory. An alternative view is that the current resistance was not planned in advance; rather, Hussein loyalists were in disarray after the invasion and took several months to develop a response. In either case, the insurgents clearly gathered intelligence during that time on the vulnerabilities of the U.S. occupation force.
"...Whether or not the Iraqi opposition is waging a long-planned war, there is no question that enemy attacks on U.S. troops and their foreign and Iraqi allies are increasing in scope, intensity, sophistication and frequency."
What the Post omits is that the attacks are also militarily insignificant. The attacks are not attriting US forces in a way that will effect their ability to fight. The attackers have no sanctuary. There is no place US forces cannot go. The attackers are attriting their own forces every time they engaged with US forces.
The Washington Post ask if the current attacks where Hussein's plan all along.
"The recent string of high-profile attacks on U.S. and allied forces in Iraq has appeared to be so methodical and well crafted that some top U.S. commanders now fear this may be the war Saddam Hussein and his generals planned all along.
"...Not everyone in Iraq agrees with that theory. An alternative view is that the current resistance was not planned in advance; rather, Hussein loyalists were in disarray after the invasion and took several months to develop a response. In either case, the insurgents clearly gathered intelligence during that time on the vulnerabilities of the U.S. occupation force.
"...Whether or not the Iraqi opposition is waging a long-planned war, there is no question that enemy attacks on U.S. troops and their foreign and Iraqi allies are increasing in scope, intensity, sophistication and frequency."
What the Post omits is that the attacks are also militarily insignificant. The attacks are not attriting US forces in a way that will effect their ability to fight. The attackers have no sanctuary. There is no place US forces cannot go. The attackers are attriting their own forces every time they engaged with US forces.
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