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To: orkrious who wrote (233645)	4/4/2003 6:24:32 PM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

That outcome sounds incredibly bullish! M

To: orkrious who wrote (233645)	4/4/2003 6:59:29 PM
From: UnBelievable	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

While I Understand That This Is The Chimps World and we just live here, I was wondering if there is any way to move elsewhere.

To: orkrious who wrote (233645)	4/4/2003 7:53:42 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

The Shi'ites and the Kurds don't want Americans to control their country. What happens? Both start to move toward Baghdad to ensure that they have a say in the country. Outcome? Two groups that hate each other moving on an American controlled Baghdad with thousands of American troops sitting there like ducks. Scary, scary, scary. WW3? Does sound a lot like it, especially with Syria doing some crazy things. Bullish!<G> The Blackhawk Down model for the assault has been beaten to death, and is obviously an oversimplification of what we face in Baghdad. In truth, it could be much worse....

To: orkrious who wrote (233645)	4/5/2003 10:18:09 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

It is obvious that the writer has missed few points 1. Arabs are no Europeans or Germans for that matter (Berlusconi of Italy defined them a while ago) 2. Untrained people were fighting battle hardened troops at a time that both sides had the same type of arms and technological advantage. 3. The Russian army fought under a dictator - Stalin - who wanted to make sure that as many as possible Russian "Berlin liberators" should not come home and endanger his rule. 4. "Friendly fire" which was intentional in many case killed and wounded scores of Russian forces, some a direct result of rivalry and "which Russian army General" will take Berlin. 5. For political consumption Stalin wanted to make the Berlin fight as bloody as possible and used it successfully later against the Western alliance in his propaganda machine for many years to come. I could outline many other factors, but those are the main differences IMHO