Posted on 04/03/2003 2:37:44 PM PST by JohnHuang2
"...some senior U.S. military officers are now convinced that the war is likely to last months and will require considerably more combat power than is now on hand there and in Kuwait, senior defense officials said today....."
Snip "The combination of wretched weather, long and insecure supply lines, and an enemy that has refused to be supine in the face of American combat power has led to a broad reassessment by some top generals of U.S. military expectations and timelines."
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"More forces are coming...But it will probably take the better part of a month for that tank-heavy division to get into position and provide combat power. Other forces heading to this region, including the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, at Fort Carson, Colo., and the 1st Cavalry Division, at Fort Hood, Tex., will require months to move their tanks and other armor from their bases into combat, the defense officials said."
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"That traffic jam also has undermined Bush administration plans to quickly follow the U.S. military advance with tons of food and other humanitarian relief to win support among Iraqis. "There's tremendous fog out there," an officer said, referring to the confusion of wartime operations, with logistical commanders struggling to figure out where various supply items are in a system that at times resembles "just a bunch of guys out there driving around."
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"Overhanging all developments in the war this week is the unsettling realization that thousands of Iraqis are willing to fight vigorously."
Snip "When Army combat operations resume, major adjustments are likely in strategic goals and targets."
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"The sources said that some of the major assumptions underpinning the U.S. approach to Iraq are being discarded."
Snip "Finally, the resilience of the Medina division will be a major indicator of whether the Third Infantry Division can do the job by itself or will have to dig in and wait for help sometime in April from the Fourth Infantry Division."
(Not that there was anything there in the first place)
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Bitter Afghan winter back atcha . . .
Thanks for the ping JH2 !
The only thing "deader" than the Medina Division is the space between this moron Ricks ears.
Stop bogarting that joint, will ya?
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I cannot figure out why people whose reputations are worth something to them continue to go out on a limb with these predictions, when the reality is following so closely behind them. The pronouncements of these "experts" are like racing tip-sheets bought on the way in to the track. We're all going to know an hour from now that their guesses were no better than anyone else's guesses.