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2003-01-08 Axis of Evil

Saddam Says Troops Unbeatable, if Well Supplied

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Posted by Steve 2003-01-08 03:33 pm|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 There must be a lot of hashish smuggling in Iraq, Saddam's gotta be stoned to say something this stupid...

Posted by Raj 2003-01-08 15:55:01|| [angrycyclist.blogspot.com/] 2003-01-08 15:55:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Ken Pollock, in the "Threatening Storm," describes in great detail the level of delusion that Saddam has. Frankly, Saddam could be called the "Great Miscalculator." His intel sucks, no one in their right mind would ever think to give him hard truths: killing messengers is a tradition in his regime.

Ultimately, Saddam's primary calculation, all evidence to the contrary, is that Americans won't have the stomach to slug it out with Iraq and face thousands of returning body bags. Trouble is (for him), it won't work that way. The campaign will be very fast and we're not going to relent no matter what the cost, which is not likely to be horrific (though we will lose people, which sucks.)

The ONLY hope he has, militarily, is that the Iraqi people will support guerrilla warfare against us. If they do, it's going to be a lot tougher to finish this job. If they don't, and they have plenty of reasons to see Saddam and his goon regime finished, it'll be over fast. And speed is the key, along with minimizing civilian losses, which we will do. Saddam has a "traditional" army in more ways than one. If that's essentially all we have to deal with he's gone in less than two months of fighting...maybe less...

Posted by Ramon McLeod 2003-01-08 16:46:28|| 2003-01-08 16:46:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Ramon: you're absolutely right. The key question is whether the Iraqi people will fight WITH Saddam or against him. I'll bet in the beginning they will be apprehensive, but once they see that Saddam's propaganda isn't fulfilling itself, it's game over for Sammy. Of course there will always be spoilers around after the dust settles, but something tells me the Iraqi people will do just fine. Unlike N Korea, these people are not brain-washed.

Posted by RW 2003-01-08 21:23:26|| 2003-01-08 21:23:26|| Front Page Top

#4 They want to swamp our troops with mass Iraqi surrenders again to slow up any advance. A captured Iraqi soldier used that way could be considered an asset by a demented tactician with dillusions of granduer.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-01-09 09:50:16|| 2003-01-09 09:50:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Perfect. Why not then turn them against Sammy himself. After some de-brainwashing I'm sure many would want to be "liberators" of their own country.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-01-10 04:22:14|| 2003-01-10 04:22:14|| Front Page Top

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