Some Iraq War Observations....

[HardWorkingDem]

From the start of the planning of the Iraq War our wonderful planners have overlooked some very obvious past lessons. One is that they described any possible combatant as a psychotic animal, when if you study these guerrilla fighters, you find the exact opposite. It seems they learned more from us during the first Gulf War than we did them. And when I think of the errors we have made, I am astounded that even the most ignorant of Bush's accepted planners missed some of these.

For example, if you are a nation and you know a nation possesses overwhelming firepower, what is the wise thing to do? Not to fight that type of warfare. Use guerrilla tactics. This is one reason why the March to Baghdad was so successful. The Iraqi fighters learned a lesson from the one highway during the first Gulf War (When the US trapped their fleeing army and incinerated the convoy).

Next, if you are heading to a war where the will of the people is impatient when it comes to the death of its citizen soldiers, what do you do? You fight in ways that wear them down. Now, I don't claim that the people in the Middle East are blood thirsty heathens, but I do believe they are more acclimatized to bloodshed than everyday Americans are. Look at how long turmoil in the Middle East has been going on. They know our stomachs aren't as strong as there when it comes to generations of continued warfare.

Now, one brilliant thing Bush did do was pick an enemy that can't be defended without being criticized for doing so. The Bushies have show it is hard to effectively complain about the Iraq War without having someone throw in your face, "what, you thing Hussein was okay?!?!"

[LynnTheDem]

1. When a moran says to me "what, you think Hussein was okay?!?!" I reply

BETTER THAN BUSH; ask the IRAQIS.

Going on THREE YEARS and the great US of A can't even get electricity up to Hussein's level.

[KeepItReal]

2. "...most fearsome military, but it is ill equipped to wage war in cities"

From TIME magazine *before* the invasion of Iraq.

"The mock battle, conducted amid 1,000 buildings in the biggest urban-war exercise the U.S. has ever held, confirmed what the Pentagon already knew: America may have the world's most fearsome military, but it is ill equipped to wage war in cities. The nation's recent triumphs—in Afghanistan, Kosovo, the Persian Gulf—were mostly air wars, carried out by American pilots far above the tangle of gritty city streets. On the ground, the Americans face enemies with the home-field advantage and lose their edge in state-of-the-art weaponry."

http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020916/wurban.html

The fact that Bush & Co. have American troops in the midst of an urban, guerilla war in Iraq is no surprise. The fact that they continue to not give a sh*t about getting the troops the equipment and strategy they need to survive this and come home is.