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To: hmaly who wrote (165870)	3/27/2003 8:29:12 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583677

I don't think even Sadam thinks he can defeat us militarily. Saddam needs a quagmire, and he hopes to turn world opinion against us. However, using civilians as shields, troops in hospitals, shooting prisoners, etc, will delay turning that world opinion. You are absolutely correct; this is THE strategy. He knows it worked it Vietnam. Unfortunately, with the news coverage as it is, it is easy for people to see the death and destruction but not be cognizant of the positive, long-term benefits to removing Saddam. The notion that we're going to "lose" this war is pretty ridiculous. It may get worse before it gets better, but Saddam's small military has already gotten a lot smaller. A couple weeks from now it will be smaller yet. It is really a matter of time...

To: hmaly who wrote (165870)	3/27/2003 9:38:53 AM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583677

Harry Stalingrad had its winter, and the Russians were able to resupply Stalingrad across a frozen lake. You may be thinking siege of Leningrad (or now St. Petersburg). Stalingrad battle was in winter as well, but much further south, on Volga (now called Volgograd). In that battle, Russians had all kinds of possibilities of resupply, but it was the Germans that were kind of encircled, and they were short of supplies and munitions. These were long, long running battles, by today's standards. I doubt that Saddam will run out of supplies for military (munitions). It is more likely that he will run out of armaments (tanks, artilery) to fire the munitions from (as we destroy them), rather than running out of munitions. Joe