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Originally Posted by Southernstar
I agree Medmech that the "munitions" you mention are a problem. Which is why the decisions made to not to secure ammunition dumps during the invasion and days afterward have come back to bite us and bite us hard.
My goodness, where do you think that all of the explosive devices come from? Those nasty IED's are killing American soldiers. WMD has NOTHING to do with it.
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I'll meet you half way, there are/were caches on every block in bagdhad, but I do agree that somethings should have been done pre invasion.
1. The invasion should have been postponed, General Gonzalas warned that we were dangerously short on Special Forces to work with friendly tribes to secure the border and destroy munitions.. He suggested that without the SF support 500,000 troops will be needed to handle the insurgency. Part of the reason for the shortage was Rumsfelds refusal to increase pay and bonuses for SOCOM to help reduce SOCOM soldiers leaving for more lucritve mercanary or security jobs.
The ultimate failure of Rumsfelds plan was the failure to shock and awe the terrorist crossing the Syrian border.