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To: Sojourner Smith who wrote (6483)3/13/2003 1:55:07 AM
From: augieboo  Read Replies (1) of 11447
 
"Yeah MOAB is bizzare in this case.
I don't get that at all."

There is nothing bizarre about it. It's a psychological weapon -- which is precisely why the tests have been released to the media. The Iraqi army is full of conscripts who would rather be anyplace else -- and who watch CNN. This gives them something really nasty to think about as the clock ticks down -- the kind of thing that will keep a poorly trained, poorly paid, conscripted soldier awake at night. Exhausted soldiers fight poorly and are more prone to break and either run or surrender.

Once the fighting starts, dropping a few of these things near Iraqi troop concentrations gives Saddam's soldiers all the more incentive to break and run, thus potentially saving untold lives. The tactic was used with some effect in the first Gulf War and apparently worked well against Taliban troops in Afghanistan, so there is no reason to believe that the Iraqis this time will be any more willing to sit around waiting for a direct hit from an even bigger, nastier whatchamacallit.

Plus, giving it the nickname "Mother of all Bombs" is a direct poke in the eye to Saddam. If you remember, back in '91 he promised to wipe out the U.S. military in the "Mother of all Battles."
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