Is there a sucker punch coming from the North? [Complete Vanity]

Yours Truly | 3/31/2003 | Yours Truly

[SuziQ]

That is not true. Fox had reports that at least one of these fields was being used as a refueling station for aircraft.

Yes, they've given reports from time to time, but I don't think there is anyone embedded with those forces out west. It would be interesting to know what's up out there!

[ambrose]

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[Cobra Scott]

Re: expatriots returning to fight for Iraq

I think it is a bunch of Islamic hot air. They put on this show about going back to fight, but these "middle-class mujahadeen" are simply trying to get in on the ground floor for when the rebuilding takes place.

Of course, I won't shed a tear if they happen to wander into one of saddam's forgotten minefields...=)

[Leatherneck_MT]

I think this is a well thought out strategy and quite possible what will happen.

During the Gulf war everyone wsa fixated by the lines of coalition and Iraqi soldiers facing one another. Most if not all of the Media kept expecting us to run straight at them hey diddle straight up the middle. After looking at the map of suspected Iraqi positions I told my wife that what I would do is Land Marines north of Kuwait city, use that as a diversionary attack and then send armored elements out to hit the Iraqi left flank and roll it up, or bypass it and dive into the rear areas cutting off retreat.

I was stunned to see that this is almost precisely what they did. They just didn't land the Marines, they kept them on station to act as a threat to the Iraqi right rear.

Semper Fi