Read main thread: Most impressive military achievement in the 20th Century?
August 6th, 2005  
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Originally Posted by Doppleganger
With AWAC aircraft monitoring all air movement and J-Stars aircraft doing the same for ground forces the Iraqi's couldn't even fart without Allied military planners knowing about it. Information is everything in warfare and coupled with the air supremacy that the coalition enjoyed this war really was over before it started.
And that, my friend is what I call impressive defeat in any stretch.
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