[Pokey78]

Let the revisions of history begin.

Much easier and truthful to say "We kicked ass".

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[thatdewd]

I suspected Baghdad Bob was writing for the Washington Bleep, now I'm convinced of it.

[dinok]

The guys in the front lines kicked ass...as usual.

To the Washington Compost this maybe a political question, but from a military point of view, this plan had weaknesses and people payed for them with their lives.

Bottom line, trucks and light vehicles don't win battles. Battles are won by "overwealming fire power". The proponents of the "go cheap and light" doctrine were proven wrong.

To me this is not a political issue...

[thoughtomator]

It was a low point for the media, in truth. But they have since established an even lower standard.

[Mike Darancette]

Let the revisions of history begin.

The writers of the Washington Post are now busily reverse engineering history proving that their headquarters are firmly embedded in their hindquarters.

[x1stcav]

When I first worked my way into the piece my blood started to boil and my eyeballs started to bleed. By the end of it, I felt it was somewhat balanced.

I can't attribute the glumness that they attribute to the ground commanders after the end of the first week. If they had read any after action reports about the A Shau in '69 they should have been prepared. If they knew anything about the resupply efforts up QL19 in II Corps, they would have written off the casualties to the supports units and inconsequential. I can't beleive they were that unnerved.

In the end, the author have confirmed what I think we all expected. That is that the focus, determination, and courage of this administration is without equal. Especially, W. He heard all sides, made up his mind that nothing essentially mitigated against the success of the plan, and counseled his field commanders against listening to their own fears.

What a damned leader!

PS: Won my bets with several old jarhead friends as to which service (not counting SOF) would make it into Baghdad first.

[DougF]

Good grief! Early on it was apparent to me that we had some key initiatives that were going to be difficult to achieve: (1) secure the oil fields, (2) minimize damage to infrastructure e.g. bridges, (3) minimize the possibility of the use of WMD.

I believe that when we struck the first bldg where Sadam and others were expected to be, we saw a window of opportunity - if we moved quickly enough we could achieve many of these goals while the Command & Control were not in a position to respond. It appears that we were right.

The idea that anyone would look at a military operation, and think that it was in anyway significant that, for a few days, some troops were down to a meal a day, is patently absurd! THIS IS WAR!! I am guessing that at Normandy this would have been considered 5 star accomodations.

We took a brilliant, calculated risk, and the results have proved stunning. And I have yet to hear of anyone that died from starvation or lack of water.

Give me a break...