[xm177e2]

That's not what he's disagreeing with, he's disagreeing with this: "Their generals were told for years that they would beat the US in a ground war. In reality, they didn't have a chance."

[isthisnickcool]

I see. Thanks for the clarification. I guess the issue is how many years. That's a number I don't have. From what xkaydet65 posted it could not have been very many.

The gist of what I understood was that the people running the Russian military had been told they they were superior to us on the ground. So when they saw the first gulf war they were shocked by what we could do.