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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (10690)	2/20/2003 12:36:35 AM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 25898

Thanks very much CRUSADER4TRUTH. >>>The Soviets lost more men defending Stalingrad than the US lost in the entirety of the war.<<< campus.northpark.edu >>>The next spring the German army continued to push forward, and in November 1942, with the German army at the "gates of Stalingrad", Moscow only 100 miles away, and the oil fields of Grozny in reach, the Red Army held strong. Factors such as indecision by Hitler, dissent among the higher ranked German officers, a long distance to their supplies and a second Russian winter, combined to result in a prolonged battle in the streets of Stalingrad. Heavy losses affected both sides in the battle of Stalingrad , also known as the greatest military bloodbath in recorded history. An estimated 2 million people perished in this battle, including 500,000 civilians. It was the first major defeat of the German army, and they never regained their momentum, allowing the Russian armies to eventually chase the Germans all the way back to Berlin.<<< wikipedia.org Worst case scenario: Saddam efffectively uses slowing techniques such as bursting dams to create flood to slow the advance, blows oil well fires to endanger the approach and spills oil into the waterways to hinder movement by sea. Parallel to this there is some, but not much, fighting. Again, enough to slow the approach. While this is going on Saddam preps Baghdad into red alert status. The pre-positions become armed, civilian citizens become armed and the Iraqis remain determined not to let the Americans take their land. If WDM actually do exist, this would become the time to use them. Well, that's a very frightening scenario spelling too much death. I prefer a diplomatic solution and all parties to the agreement then go watch Lord of The Rings II.