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CaptainCrunch · 03-17-2013, 02:06 PM

If the American's had known what was coming in that war they probably would have planned better for the end game.

As it stands they went into it with the same mentality as they had in any war. If you topple the dictator the citizens would love you and help you with government establishment.

the start game in the war which was the actual engagement phase went as well as any war in Military history if not far better. The Yanks had low casualties, they destroyed the Iraqi army in the field and forced the government to flee.

They had no victory strategy, they didn't understand how vicious the insurgency would be, and they didn't think that the various terror groups in the middle east would throw their weight into a asymmetrical war. They had no idea of what would happen, they expected flowers and bread and instead got every Al queda group throwing into what was their war against the West.

Tanks and infantry charges and artillery strikes which was what the American's were designed for didn't work in the environment of the hidden enemy and the $10.00 home made bomb and sniper nests in civilian occupied buildings.

03-17-2013, 02:06 PM	#93
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	If the American's had known what was coming in that war they probably would have planned better for the end game. As it stands they went into it with the same mentality as they had in any war. If you topple the dictator the citizens would love you and help you with government establishment. the start game in the war which was the actual engagement phase went as well as any war in Military history if not far better. The Yanks had low casualties, they destroyed the Iraqi army in the field and forced the government to flee. They had no victory strategy, they didn't understand how vicious the insurgency would be, and they didn't think that the various terror groups in the middle east would throw their weight into a asymmetrical war. They had no idea of what would happen, they expected flowers and bread and instead got every Al queda group throwing into what was their war against the West. Tanks and infantry charges and artillery strikes which was what the American's were designed for didn't work in the environment of the hidden enemy and the $10.00 home made bomb and sniper nests in civilian occupied buildings. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!