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To: Dale Baker who wrote (16286)	1/26/2003 7:39:38 PM
From: Paul Senior	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78744

OT: Kicking the US: Couple of months ago my local newspaper reported on a Marine general who played commander of the Iraqi side in mock combat against a US invading force. Among his actions: he used chains of mosques (their loudspeakers) as command and control points. And he was able to sink a couple of US ships by sending out small boats manned by suicide bombers. The general said he was able to achieve a victory over the invading forces in this mock battle because it was not so difficult to see and overcome the assumptions and bureaucratized plans of the US military machine. Basically, he said he won because US military planners were remiss in that they couldn't or wouldn't foresee or consider innovative military responses coming out of Iraq. As I recall - and I could be wrong, or the article could be - he was removed from his position and forced to retire for these statements.