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From: "Vern Humphrey" 
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To: seanmbrook{at}aol.com [mailto:seanmbrook{at}aol.com]
> > > > > >
>  Understandable, I suppose.  But the pols in Paris
>  are ASKING for trouble if they persist in showing
>  such hostility and lack of trust in the military.  Just
>  wait till the next time France really needs her Army!

France has lost many wars and still survived.
> > >
>  Sounds good to me!  That is, if we know Saddam
>  is at Place A in Syria, we should try to either kill
>  or capture him.
>
>  And should the raid occur without bothering to
>  attempt persuading Basher Assad to turn Saddam
>  over to us?

"Why, how can you accuse US of raiding your country?  Everyone knows
Saddam Hussain wasn't IN your country.  You told us so yourself." :-)
>
> > >
>  They can't.  At least not for F14s.  But could Iran
>  design and build her own fighter bombers?  If she's
>  willing to start from scratch?

If you can build fighters from scratch, you can build parts.  What else are
fighters made of?

And if they could build parts, why not build them for their F14s?
>
> > SMB> All the same, I think any war with Iran will be a lot
> > > harder than in Iraq.
> >
> > VH> That depends.  The Iranians certainly fought the Iraqis
> harder.  But
> > there
> > is some indication they might not fight us -- they might fall apart.
> >
>  One hopes so!  I'm aware of increasing restiveness
>  and discontent with the rule of the mullahs.  An
>  unhappy Army and nation might not fight very hard
>  for an unpopular regime.

And we have had two successes in this game -- and success breeds success!
>
> > VH> If they DO fight, a pitched battle would simply allow us to
> kill them in
> > wholesale lots.
> > >
>  Because the Iranian military are poorly trained?
>  Or barely at the level reached by the combatants
>  of WW I?

They are both poorly trained, and technologically backward.
>
> > >
> > VH> The campaign could have been written by the faculty of the
> Command and
> > General Staff College.
> > > > >
>  I've seen comments on another list which are
>  very negative, tho.  E.g., that the campaign was
>  flawed, badly, undermanned, etc.
>
And what expertise do the people writing those comments have?

Fox news did a piece which compared the academic level of the main
protestors with that of members of the administration.  People who barely
graduated high school aren't really capable of criticizing such a complex
operation.


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