If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
"Bu$h not listen! You get the bomb!" - Sun Tzu
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 01:50:11 -0600, "** Bu$h's Porch Monkey **"
wrote: ---= Ö§âmâ ßíñ Këñ0ßí =--- wrote: Around 500 B.C. Sun Tzu Wu spelled out five essential points to follow for victory in battle: 1. He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. Sort of leans toward the Bush doctrine and faults Clinton I would suppose. Bu$h insisted on war, before even the most basic of diplomatic options were tried. Kind of over-looking facts here aren't we? Thirteen UN resolutions declaring Saddam in violation of the Desert Storm agreement. Numerous appeals to the UN from everyone from the President down. Repeated warnings that compliance was necessary. Cooperation with the oil-for-food program. etc. etc. Bu$h wanted war with Iraq and didn't let FACTS stand in his way. When UN inspectors disagreed with him, he threw them out of the country. Your pronouns seem to relate to Bush, but in fact describe Saddam. Nice use of language to fit an agenda. 2. He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces. See the Ranger motto regarding "kill them all and let God sort them out." George Bu$h ridiculously underestimated the resolve of the Iraqi people. Now Amerika is stuck in am ever-worsening quagmire. General Shinseki was right, but Bu$h insulted him and fired him instead of listening to him. The resolve dissolved on the road to Baghdad within hours of the commencement of hostilities. The "quagmire" reference to the Halberstam book on Vietnam fails when it is put against chronology---a "quagmire" wasn't applicable until more than six years into that war and then only after several cycles of clearly indecisive policy wavering by the LBJ/McNamara administration. Where just one year into Iraq with an interim government established, a basic Constitution signed and a sovereignty turn-over scheduled in 75 days. Shinseki was a twit, more into berets and political posturing than strategic decisions. More numbers aren't necessary. Continued resolve is. 3. He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all the ranks. Amerika's troops in Iraq don't know what the **** is going on. Without having been there, you are on shaky ground in asserting. Most communication indicates a clear understanding of the mission and the reason for it. 4. He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared. The Iraqis were obviously well prepared for Bu$h's invasion. It is now Bu$h that has been caught unprepared. That sure doesn't look like the total collapse of the Iraqi army, the Republican Guard and the Ba'athist regime that I observed. 5. He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by his sovereign. The Iraqis don't even have a sovereign anymore, but Bu$h has quite a few financial interests to answer to. Time is on the side of the Iraqis. Time (the magazine) might be, but time on the calendar will inevitably lead to a democracy and stable free-market economy. The Empire is doomed. Bull****! Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN #1-58834-103-8 |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
A BOMB PATTER IS LIKE A FOOTBALL | ArtKramr | Military Aviation | 17 | March 3rd 04 01:54 PM |
AIRCRAFT MUNITIONS - THE COBALT BOMB | Garrison Hilliard | Military Aviation | 1 | August 29th 03 09:22 AM |
FORMATIONS, BOMB RUNS AND RADIUS OF ACTION | ArtKramr | Military Aviation | 0 | August 10th 03 02:22 AM |
Millionaire at 31... on the Internet. Listen to how he's doing it. | ower | Home Built | 0 | August 2nd 03 10:23 AM |
The written History of the 344th Bomb Group | ArtKramr | Military Aviation | 1 | July 8th 03 07:05 PM |