How the US(and others) will LOSE

by ISP 49 Replies latest social current

  • RandomTask
    RandomTask

    You sound hopeful

  • ISP
    ISP

    unc........we'll never win the ashes.

    ISP

  • unclebruce
    unclebruce

    LOL ISP

    We just has to beat India and we are the undisputed champions of the whole world! (and even the gloomiest pesimists recon we'll succeed

    oo i hope that didn't put the kybosh on it

  • SYN
    SYN

    Even with Shane Warne gone, yep, they'll probably win it.

    Sheesh!

  • ISP
    ISP

    Its been a bad day for the coalition.A soldier tries to frag his commander, Tornado gets downed. 5 US captured. The Iraqis are not lying down. It will only get worse as the coalition near Baghdad. It will take a long time to take if it does. I think the coalition have given up on the idea of riding into Basra to the acclaim of the locals. They seem to have changed tack by saying they won't take it and will proceed to Baghdad.

    The coalition run the risk of uniting the country against the US etc. The last thing you need is women looking to take on the coalition, suicide bombers etc ala Palestine. I think that's how it will end up. The bombing of civilian areas in Basra, turned a lot of folks off the coalition and added to Saddam's recruitment drive.

    If this whole thing is not done in a matter of weeks....it will bounce back and bite.

    ISP

  • ISP
    ISP

    US Will Lose War, Says Former
    WMD Inspector Ritter
    Lacks Sufficient Forces To Capture Baghdad 3-27-3
    LISBON (Sapa-AFP) -- The United States does not have the military means to take
    over Baghdad and will lose the war against Iraq, former United Nations
    weapons inspector Scott Ritter said.
    "The United States is going to leave Iraq with its tail between its
    legs, defeated. It is a war we can not win," he told private radio TSF
    in an interview broadcast here Tuesday evening.
    "We do not have the military means to take over Baghdad and for this
    reason I believe the defeat of the United States in this war is
    inevitable," he said.
    "Every time we confront Iraqi troops we may win some tactical battles,
    as we did for ten years in Vietnam but we will not be able to win this
    war, which in my opinion is already lost," Ritter added.
    'It is a war we can not win'
    Stiffening Iraqi resistance as US-led forces close in on Baghdad have
    prompted questions about the strategy to use precision air power and a
    smaller, fast moving ground force to topple Iraqi President Saddam
    Hussein.
    Some military analysts have said there are not enough allied troops in
    Iraq to take control of Baghdad, where Saddam Hussein's elite troops
    are said to be concentrated, and that the planning of the war was
    overly optimistic.
    But British Prime Minister Tony Blair told parliament Wednesday the
    United States and Britain believe they have "sufficient forces" in
    Iraq and London was not planning to send reinforcements to the country
    at this stage.
    [LSN: They are currently sending 40,000 reinforcements -- the US 4th
    Infantry and the 1st Cavalry. The Washington Times is overjoyed at
    this, because their only embedded reporter is with the 4th Infantry
    and they've been furious that he hasn't seen action.]
    A combination of bad weather and heavy fighting in central Iraq has
    slowed the advance of coalition troops marching on Baghdad.
    Ritter resigned in August 1998 after accusing both Washington and the
    United Nations of not doing enough to support the weapons inspectors.
    Since leaving the UN weapons inspectors team he has become an
    outspoken critic of US policies towards Iraq. - Sapa-AFP
    http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=2813&click_id=281
    3&art_id=qw1048759020549B262&set_id=6

    I'm not alone in thinking this will end up in a mess.

    ISP

  • freeman
    freeman
  • freeman
    freeman
  • JH
    JH

    What's going on Simon?

    SimonMar 19, 2003


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  • dubla
    dubla
    The best tactic for Saddam is let the US walk right into Bhagdad. He should disband his regular army into cells that will then perpetrate acts of ‘terrorism’.

    the problem with this theory/suggestion is that saddams "regular army" isnt even paid, in fact they are forced to fight with little or no supplies/food/water the majority of the time. they fight out of their fear of saddam, not because the are dedicated to defeating the invading forces. the republican guard is a different story, but i imagine they too will fold like a cheap suit once the command is taken down.

    aa

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