To: Hawkmoon who wrote (129287 ) 4/15/2004 12:08:24 PM From: Bilow Read Replies (1) | Respond to Hi Hawkmoon; Re: "And what about the 2/3 of the Iraqi army that DID fight, or at least showed up? 33% AWOL is certainly serious, but 66% of them, or so, did show up and participate. "What you don't understand is the Islamists have their own version of economics. They plan on hog-tying the world to their control over oil prices and doing everything necessary to bring down the western economies so that they can compete on a equal basis. "You obviously have never been in the military Carl.. Because in the units I've been around, it's the junior officers (staff) who come up with the options and the general who approves them, monitors their implementation, makes adjustments as necessary, and cheerleads the entire force involved by pressing the flesh with the troops and passing out medals. "Shinseki got fired by the Bush administration because he told them that we needed more troops in Iraq. Now they've agreed to send more troops but it's a day late and a dollar short. Carl, 190,000 CPA forces overthrew Saddam's regime. "
