OT Hi Bruce - you wrote -" Then a re-supply convey coming up from the rear got lost and then destroyed. The critics came in (insufficient force, undefeated enemy in the rear) and I believe Rumsfeld - or whoever - lost their nerve. There is something on this in the Wall Street Journal. Speed, mobility and flexibility, rather than numbers or mass, save lives."
So what happened after the loss of nerve - was that the "Pause" around the time of the sandstroms ?
After that, coalition forces shot throught the Kerballa gap, a risky manuever (If Iraqis had move quickly, they could have struck the middle of column and forced it a against the lake, spliting the force)
Later when close to Baghdad, there seemd to be a shorter pause, possibly to supplies to catch up, possibly for MEF to cross Tigris, maybe to 173 to seize Northern airfield, and and by creating activity in the north, discourage movement of units North of Baghdad to the southern perimitter.
Not sure that there was that much change in strategy and tactics. |
