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February 24th, 2005  
Strongbow
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Originally Posted by Whispering Death
Misjudging war is common throughout human history. With the notable textbook case of the 1992 Desert Storm war, it is foolish to believe any major war can be perfectly planned and won. However, on the point of the 2003 War in Iraq it must be noted that you had high ranking American generalls (General Schinseki in the lead) that TOLD us exactly what was going to happen if we went in with too few troops but they where overrulled by politicians (rumsfeld) who said "Bah, what do you know about war?"
Totally agree with you on this.

With Iraq, maybe this topic should be called "Deception in War".
 
 
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