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Post #16,380 by Simon_Jester 11/3/01 5:23:31 PM Reply	Frankly, they couldn't Like it or not, the political situation in America is different than with the Gulf War. They didn't have the TIME to assemble the overwhelming force to nail them in a clean sweep. (They still haven't take the time, in my opinion). There's a large segment in America that wants action 'now'. Waiting even 3 months is too long for them ("we've been attacked damn it", they say). It took, what, 6 months to go from Desert Shield to Desert Storm? There's a huge logistics effort to move thousands of tanks, troops, helicopters and planes...not to mention food, hospitals, etc. We're attacking in less than 30 days.
Post #16,394 by Brandioch 11/3/01 9:02:58 PM Reply	The Afghan airforce. I don't think time matters in this instance. We're fighting a country that has trouble mustering anything above AK-47's. Their tanks are from the 60's and 70's. We already own their airspace. There's no reason we couldn't achieve any military objective in that country at any time we want. But you're right. We haven't built the coalition that we had before. Which is why this is a POLITICAL issue and not a MILITARY issue. And when you send troops in on political issues, our people get killed.
Post #16,448 by Simon_Jester 11/4/01 9:57:51 AM Reply	Maybe But I think we've got the political pull at the moment. I still see it simply as a logistics problem at this point. Trying to move large amounts of men and equipment takes time. 30 days isn't enough (imo) except for extremely small operation. (And this, imo, should be more than a small operation)
Post #16,499 by tablizer 11/4/01 7:25:55 PM Reply	That is what the Soviets thought also ________________ oop.ismad.com

Delta Force has a bad day - (marlowe) - (27) - Nov. 3, 2001, 12:19:57 PM EST

Happens to everyone? - (Arkadiy) - Nov. 3, 2001, 12:47:28 PM EST

Unpleasent realization - (JayMehaffey) - (5) - Nov. 3, 2001, 01:11:31 PM EST

Heh.. Gotta love natural selection - in daily proof. -NT - (Ashton) - Nov. 3, 2001, 01:13:37 PM EST

Re: Unpleasent realization - (addison) - (1) - Nov. 3, 2001, 01:25:18 PM EST

I suspect - (JayMehaffey) - Nov. 3, 2001, 11:05:58 PM EST

The key: "not afraid to die" - (tablizer) - (1) - Nov. 4, 2001, 07:15:40 PM EST

Reality is always so boring. - (Brandioch) - Nov. 5, 2001, 12:13:23 PM EST

Two words - (Brandioch) - (16) - Nov. 3, 2001, 04:02:56 PM EST

Frankly, they couldn't - (Simon_Jester) - (3) - Nov. 3, 2001, 05:23:31 PM EST

The Afghan airforce. - (Brandioch) - (2) - Nov. 3, 2001, 09:02:58 PM EST

Maybe - (Simon_Jester) - Nov. 4, 2001, 09:57:51 AM EST

That is what the Soviets thought also -NT - (tablizer) - Nov. 4, 2001, 07:25:55 PM EST

lets review - (boxley) - (10) - Nov. 3, 2001, 11:14:27 PM EST

Soft insertion. - (Brandioch) - (9) - Nov. 4, 2001, 04:12:17 AM EST

I agree - (gtall) - (8) - Nov. 4, 2001, 09:16:55 AM EST

Pax McDonald's - (Brandioch) - (7) - Nov. 4, 2001, 01:28:11 PM EST

I agree about economic interdependence - (gtall) - (6) - Nov. 5, 2001, 06:53:14 AM EST

The Great Satan - (Brandioch) - (5) - Nov. 5, 2001, 09:52:28 AM EST

Think Corporate - (Ashton) - (4) - Nov. 5, 2001, 06:42:21 PM EST

Re: Think Corporate - (gtall) - (3) - Nov. 6, 2001, 07:19:39 AM EST

You got it. - (Ashton) - (2) - Nov. 6, 2001, 02:25:05 PM EST

monetary concerns - (gtall) - (1) - Nov. 6, 2001, 06:54:33 PM EST

Hmm.. thine depravity c'est magnif\ufffdque! - (Ashton) - Nov. 6, 2001, 08:47:59 PM EST

Demonstration of the 'N' in SNAFU... - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 5, 2001, 12:48:43 PM EST

Drudge: Pentagon denies NY'er story of 10/20 raid - (kmself) - (2) - Nov. 4, 2001, 10:21:56 PM EST

Even taking the story at face value - (Ric Locke) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2001, 11:45:11 PM EST

Not bad.. beats TM-1232 "How We Fight" - (Ashton) - Nov. 9, 2001, 12:30:01 AM EST

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