From: Adam Flinton 

Geo. wrote:

> "Monte Davis"  wrote in message
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>>>Well that idiots plan to take Iraq was a brilliant success in
terms of time
>>>to victory and minimization of casualties.  To take a country the size of
>>>California in two weeks with minimal loss of life was completely amazing.
>>>General Franks wasn't in charge of Iraq after he conquered it.
>>
>>Granted, in fact enthusiastically seconded. It was a superb campaign,
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> They didn't even have any running tanks... an army, the best equipped army in
> the world went up against a bunch of old pickup trucks with guns welded to
the
> roof.
>
> Geo.
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>
They had some tanks but no airforce (one of the key points of the no fly
zone was to reduce to 0 Iraqi airpower & airdefences).

At that point it's "plinking for tanks" time. With cab ranks of
aircraft circling in an increasing target poor environment.

400 moose hunters, a forest with 10 moose. The main danger was from other
moose hunters.

Adam

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