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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: FaultLine who wrote (84393)3/20/2003 11:18:13 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
David Warren comments on the utility of last night's targeted attack:

But what we can know is that whether successful or not, the attempted "decapitation strike" should prove typical of operations ahead. For these are strikes that work, whether or not they hit their target. The idea is to personalize the battle, not out of any joy in revenge but for the sake of rattling the enemy command; and if Saddam survived, or for as long as he survives, to make him very angry.

Why? Because a Saddam who has just had a thrill up his whatever is a Saddam who is focusing his attention on doing direct harm to U.S. forces, and who has thus been distracted from his only alternative -- creating chaos through harm to the innocent people of Iraq. The allies feel confident they can deal with anything Saddam can throw at them directly; they cannot deal effectively with an international pacifist outpouring that holds them accountable for Saddam's dirty deeds, nor a "liberal" media eager to give the Saddamite view of what happened.

Making your enemy angry is one of the surest-fire means to battlefield success, fourth only behind surprise, invincible weaponry, and numbers. The U.S. has been forced to fight without much advantage of surprise, and must exploit the alternative psychological means. And far from being speculation on my part, the techniques to which I allude are actually taught at West Point.

davidwarrenonline.com
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