[Aric2000]

When we played war games back in the 80's, the opfor force followed and was trained in enemy doctrine, and tried to the best of it's ability to follow that doctrine.

Saddam would use a defensive style, whereas we would be offense, he would not probe for weakness, he would lob Scuds at Israel, and hope for reinforcement.

I believe that these games were rigged in the fashion that "what would Saddam do" and he didn't like it!!

[DK Zimmerman]

The purpose of the experiment, ostensibly, was to prove or disprove the validity of a variety of doctrinal initiatives recently developed by the same headquarters running the experiment, that supported DODs Transformation issues. Additionally, a few pieces of hardware were tried out for the first time.

Van Riper's main point, IMO, is that the games were rigged to "prove" these initiatives, regardless of their validity. I believe he was justified in that claim.

[Centurion2000]

I believe that these games were rigged in the fashion that "what would Saddam do" and he didn't like it!!

Which is why they should let him have a free hand to do what he would. Giving the commander a script can lead to the underestimation of your future enemy's ability.