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To: FaultLine who wrote (95445)	4/21/2003 10:06:27 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

Tales of Shock And Defeat Iraqi Officers Blame Saddam For Failure Interesting piece. Thanks.

To: FaultLine who wrote (95445)	4/21/2003 10:06:33 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

And they know whom to blame: Saddam Hussein and his sons Qusai and Odai made all key military decisions. Yeah, and the German Generals claimed that Hitler was the cause of their defeat. But an interesting tale, none the less. Here is Hanson's analysis of what we did and lessons to be learned. I think the Helicopter advocates are going to be reined in. Anatomy of the Three-Week War It was more that we were good rather than they were bad. In the aftermath of the incredible three-and-a-half week victory we should not post facto make the mistake of assuming that Operation Iraqi Freedom was necessarily an easy task. nationalreview.com