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Originally Posted by xerxes
But in 2003, it must have been obvious to him that his regime was doomed, it was only a matter of time.
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You're not reading his strategy. His strategy was to buy time to inflict casualties. He was counting on the cities to be death traps.
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Originally Posted by xerxes
As far as the spearhead of the US invasion is concerned, it is what it is: A spearhead of narrow thrust (3ID) into Iraq, and encirclement is the risk for such cases therefore it shouldnt suprising IMHO that at one point they were surrounded.
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Again, you're not seeing what Saddam was seeing. A single vulnerable thrust with the entire LOC under constant threat, so much so that every relief convoy had to fight their way through. At one point when a single battalion, 3-7Cav, was cut off by an entire division, the Medina, it looked like his strategy was working.
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Originally Posted by xerxes
btw What happened to the republican guards at the gate of Baghdad?? ... didnt they melted away as 3ID got closer after being bombed so many time.
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They were pulverized.