Curious about hunting etiquette. How do you let people know you are reapproaching the line without scaring off the birds? I have gone shooting, but never hunted. On the other hand, my son who has a number of years in 82nd Airborne and Special Forces told me in Jan. 2003 that we should have about 500,000 troops for the invasion of Iraq that occurred 2 months later. His 82nd unit was on the ground in Saudi Arabia 6 days after the Iraqui invasion of Kuwait and came home nine months later after fighting in Iraq. Bush’s man on the ground later said we should have had 450,000 instead of 170,000. So, I am sorry if I was wrong about hunting etiquette, but why was such poor after invasion planning executed and how big was Cheney’s participation in this? I find it hard to believe it was not significant.
It’s more important to not put yourself in the line of fire than it is to not scare the birds, you holler. Besides, quail probably won’t startle with a yell from a distance, they are sitting tight.
I seem to recall resistance from Congress for the larger number of troops, but maybe I’m misremembering. However, the number of invading troops was not the issue, the invasion was quickly done - occupation was the issue. To meet the stated goals, prolonged benevolent (as possible) occupation was necessary - and that the dems whined loudly about