"Where did you get your expertise in military tactics?"
Excuse me, but when Bush Sr. was exiting the Gulf in the early 90s there were many of us "demohacks" arguing for him to finish the job, if he had lives lost as a result would have been miniscule compared with today's figures. In fact, before the current invasion was even thought about, many of you guys on the right argued with me here that Bush Sr. was unable to finish off Saddam because the U.S. didn't have UN or coalition support. It mattered then, but not now, I see.
It's a fact, I don't have to be a military tactician to know this, but with greater number of forces there are fewer casualties.
Another fact, many people (Powell and Armitage for instance) argued that Rumsfeld's idea of victory did not take into account the aftermath of winning. Victory came easy enough, but protecting civilians and infrastructure was impossible because there were no forces available to be deployed for that purpose. And that was a result of poor planning, rcall how administration officials were forecasting Iraqis dancing in the street following victory over Saddam. Instead we had destruction and mayhem, followed by American soldiers dying in ever increasing numbers. |
