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Date Posted: 07:52:50 03/19/03 Wed
Author: Goktimus Prime
Subject: The Art of War
In reply to: Perceptor II 's message, "The ultimatum" on 16:12:53 03/18/03 Tue

--That Saddam Hussein comply with President Bush's demand to leave Iraq.

Ari Fleischer stated that even IF Saddam Hussein was to leave Iraq now, that the invasion would continue. In short, NOTHING is going to stop this invasion now.

--That the Iraqi military turn against the Iraqi dictator should he not comply, and that they would not oppose the invading forces.

--That if the Iraqi military does fight back, that the invading forces would quickly deal the deciding blows in such a way to bring about a quick resolution to this conflict.

That's not going to happen. Put yourself in the boots of an Iraqi soldier. You've joined the army to protect your nation. Your nation is attacked my foreign invaders. Okay, you may not like your leader and you may feel that the actions of your leader may have triggered this invasion -- but at the same time, your country is under attack! Would it not be your duty as a patriot to stand and defend your homeland, regardless of politics? What would an average American soldier do if foreign soldiers were to march towards Washington DC, in retaliation to some disagreeable actions committed by the President? I don't think most US soldiers would care if the President is right or wrong -- they will fight to defend their nation's capitol.

--That Iraqi civilians would be spared.

In any war, the people who will suffer the most will be civilians. Men will die in the fighting. Women and children who are not killed in the crossfire will be widowed and orphaned. Those who survive will try to flee the fighting. They will become refugees. Will the countries that have forced them to flee, willingly accept them, or incarcerate them as "illegal immigrants"?

I am personally extremely disappointed that the United States and some of its Allies have openly defied the United Nations and begun this war. By doing so, the United States is operating outside of the overall International community and has made itself a rogue state.

Anyway, as I understand it, the invasion force is currently comprised of:
* four US naval vessels
* three Australian naval vessels, including the HMAS Adelaide and the HMAS Kenimbla
* two British naval vessels
* 250,000 US troops
* 45,000 British troops
* 2000 elite Australian SAS troops

This means that the Coalition will be attacking with a fleet of nine naval vessels, and just under 300,000 ground troops.

I'm don't have any statistics about how many air forces each country has contributed so far, but I see the invasion being played out like so:
* Australian troops, being SAS, will most likely be deployed first as advanced reconnaissance and also to acquire ground intelligence and establish surface to air laser equipment to assist in more accurate air raids.
* Having established air dominance, US and British ground forces will 'swarm' into Baghdad from its Eastern and Western sides - with one contingent having circumnavigated along the Southern line of Iraq and circled back to the West side of Iraq, and another force advancing directly from the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border.

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Replies:

An observation or two... -- Icon, 10:26:32 03/19/03 Wed
I can hope. -- Perceptor II, 19:10:22 03/19/03 Wed
- a quick reply -- Goktimus Prime, 00:44:44 03/20/03 Thu
  - One Superpower -- WarCore, 04:15:07 03/20/03 Thu
    - what defines a superpower -- Goktimus Prime, 08:01:44 03/20/03 Thu
      - So you also disagreed -- WarCore, 13:15:41 03/20/03 Thu
      - Uh...like WarCore said... -- Perceptor II, 19:48:14 03/20/03 Thu
  - One Superpower -- WarCore, 12:56:35 03/20/03 Thu
  - Hmmm -- Icon, 16:34:18 03/20/03 Thu
    - superpowers -- Goktimus Prime, 15:02:53 03/21/03 Fri
      - ::sigh:: -- WarCore, 16:38:31 03/21/03 Fri
        Superpower(s) -- FawnDoo, 09:44:04 03/24/03 Mon
        This is a dumb thing to argue about -- X, 23:21:21 03/24/03 Mon
        Word. (nt) -- Motocron, 02:02:56 03/25/03 Tue
        moot issue -- Goktimus Prime, 10:15:53 03/25/03 Tue
        No, it is not a dumb thing to argue about -- FawnDoo, 10:20:30 03/25/03 Tue
        But he wasn't saying to ignore the definition. -- Motocron, 20:34:23 03/25/03 Tue
        Of superpowers and dictionaries -- Perceptor II, 15:10:10 03/26/03 Wed