Iraqi counter-offensive

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by gigi@Mar 26 2003, 02:46 PM
If we all think it's a stupid move...don't you think Saddam would have thought of that?

I mean, there MUST be a method to his madness of sending out these troops....I don't trust it....

I think the US needs to be VERY careful and think of all the reasons why Saddam might do this save the thought that he is being 'stupid'.....if he was already defeated this way once....I think he would have learned and adapted....like the borg. h34r:

This assumes Saddam has accurate information. I don't at all think Saddam is stupid. Problem is, as has been reported in many places before (high-command Iraqi defectors, etc), Saddam's chain of command and information flow only goes down - never up. Disagreement may be punished severely - firing squad is not worth it. You don't want to be Saddam's messenger. Best information Saddam could get in his regime would be to watch CNN.

Saddam: "I think we should counterattack. Anyone have any ideas why this might not work?"

Saddam's yes men: silence.

Saddam: "Send the order out".

We can bet our asses CENTCOM isn't sitting around saying "Ah-ha. look at silly Saddam". The fact that there have been a mind-numbingly low number of coalition casualties shows extremely careful planning of the entire campaign so far.