[WRhine]

I think Rummy has been right on this. This blitzing run towards Baghdad has caught Saddam & Co. off guard. Maybe this is why our forces have been able to cross just about every bridge in Iraq safely. Every strategy has its downside but reinforcements are on the way and casualties to date have been extraordinarily low. What's transpired to date is nothing short of SUCCESS.

[gov_bean_ counter]

The interesting thing is that few know how many troups are in the field. Clark certainly doesn't. He doesn't know the plan. He doesn't know where they are deployed.

All I know is that so far, that which is there has been enough.

[Burkeman1]

Agreed- in fact- I would call the number of coalition casualties simply amazing since we are engaging tougher resitance than we did in the first Gulf War. I saw Al Haig on TV last night and he was responding to some ridiculous question about the "unexpected resistance" from Iraqi forces. He smirked and camly replied to the 30 something news girl that 20 dead in a week of fighting with 2/3's of a country controlled is nothing to 500 dead a week at the height of the Viet Nam war. Perfect perspective.

[DoughtyOne]

I completely agree. Cut off the head and the periferal problems will resolve themselves.

[info_scout]

>> I think Rummy has been right on this. This blitzing run towards Baghdad has caught Saddam & Co. off guard. Maybe this is why our forces have been able to cross just about every

No, they anticipated and prepared very well, heeding the lessons of GW1. Our heavy armor charged up the open dessert through hostile territory, and now has a ~300 mile supply line heavily exposed to enemy action. This is a complete screw-up.