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To: jjkirk who wrote (9162)	11/6/2001 11:27:24 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) of 281500

"Amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics", jjkirk... That's such a telling quote about the way America has fought its wars over the past century. It's more a matter of overwhelming the enemy with firepower than with clever tactics (Patton being a notable exception to that rule). And as we've discussed before, I agree with you view that the only way to establish outselves in country is around an airbase, most likely Mazar E Sharif. or potentially in the south if we can turn the Pashtuns to our side (or at least against the Taliban) so we can deliver heavy equipment, as well as Class III/V. But I will state that sometimes the logistics folks fail to understand that every person they have running supplies is one soldier that's not up at the front. We discovered that reality in the European theater during WWII. We were constantly running short of infantrymen, and were forced to constantly raid the various "communication zones" who were competing with them for manpower. So while acknowledging the special roll of logistics in US military strategy, let's acknowledge that they should be over-emphasized to the point where the quality of troops on the front line are impaired. Hawk

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