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Strategies & Market Trends : Strictly: Drilling II -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: loantech who wrote (21675)	11/11/2002 4:03:35 PM
From: Little Joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36161

The comparison to Stalingrad is not apt. There are significant differences: 1. The russians scorched the earth behind them and still had a large part of the country to draw on for food and supplies. Germans lacked the ability to surround Stalingrad as suppilies and men were able to come accross whatever the river is that Stalingrad was built. on. I think there are only a few cities in Iraq and I doubt we would have much trouble stopping any supplies from going in. 2. The Russsian people were behind their government and were defending their homeland with a ferocity seldom seen in the annals of history. I don't think their bravery is well appreciated in this country. I think most Iraqui's would be glad to get rid of Saddam and if he holed up in the cities most would leave unless he forced them to stay and how would he feed them? How long could they last if he didn't? 3.Remember, that Russia was being helped by the allies who provided some supplies. Who is going to help Sadaam? Where will his supplies come from? If the people abandon the cities and all that is left is the armies, what is to stop us from bombing them? In sum I think the sceanario of street fighting in Bagdad is a pipe dream. If you just think about it, it is really hard to imagine a scenario where this will cause the problems many talking heads are prediciting. Little joe 2