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To: Richnorth who wrote (94429)	4/7/2003 10:38:04 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116768

<<But Azmi Bishara, a leading Palestinian political activist and member of the Knesset, seems to think otherwise.>> Then one should ask if that is his true belief or just the (anti-american)he prefers to grind despite the US Palestinian freedom stance?

To: Richnorth who wrote (94429)	4/8/2003 2:16:46 AM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116768

The Arab view of the war as expressed by that writer is not realistic. So far the time line, schedule and goals of the war are on track. The cost has been very low. Perhaps ultra low. Better than they have any right to expect. And the Iraqui position is getting weaker by the hour. Perhaps all these precision delivered munitions and global news are far more effective than any one so far has realized. When Hitler went into France in WWII he faced four armies, British, French, Belgian, and Dutch. The British had the Canadians and Anzacs too. It took him a short time and cost 100,000 German troop casualties. It was considered a walk. On paper, weapon for weapon, and soldier for soldier, the Allies had more equipment of just as good quality and it just as mechanized. They were nearer supply lines, and their troops were very well trained. The Germans had very slight air superiority. Although is was called Blitzkreig and much was made of the German armour, most of the German equipment was pulled into battle with horses! The Germans did not invent the tank spearhead, as the British in WWI should be given credit there, but they did use all-armour mobile units for the first time to great effect. In fact the under-utilized Matilda tank of the British was superior to anything the Germans had. The real key to the German win was mobilization, planning, communication and training. All these combine to provide a picture of superior reactive ability, better robustness or unit integrity/cohesiveness, and better adaptative ability for battle conditions in order to exploit changing environments. The factors of surprise, superior troop morale and the quality of better organization were the most predominant features that set the German army apart from their opponents, and the most cogent reasons for their ability to prevail with such ease. The German victors did not use their armour as effectively as they could have, despite the allies complete lack of mobile anti-tank defense. Often a handful of French soldiers could hold up entire columns of German soldiers for a full day, yet the Germans valued their armour too much to risk using it on break throughs, preferring instead more conventional techniques. EC<:-}