[Rhodes22-list] Next stop Baghdad

Wally Buck tnrhodey@hotmail.com
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:20:39 -0500


Plenty of Airborne used from both 82nd and 101st but has anyone heard of the 
Rangers being used?

They must be saving them for something .......

Wally






>From: "Kroposki" <kroposki@innova.net>
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>To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Next stop Baghdad
>Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:06:07 -0500
>
>Brad,
>	I was interested in your reference to Kenneth Pollack.  For Stan
>and Bill's information, this guy was a Bill Clinton advisor on Iraq.  Is
>the article you mentioned on line?
>				Ed K
>
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>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of brad haslett
>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:13 AM
>To: wwrhodes@rhodes22.com; The Rhodes 22 mail list
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Joke - Todays Headline
>
>Stan,
>
>Ah, how intelligent minds think alike!  Its very
>interesting how we've heard so little from the
>"em-beds" in the north.  We really don't know what we
>have there in the way of power. Unlike the South where
>our manpower is being diverted by cleaning up the
>"goon squads" the Kurds present a natural defense.
>Swartzkoph made and end run that no one saw coming and
>it seems only reasonable that Franks has a trick card
>to play as well. Much has been said about the
>logistical problems of such a long supply line.  BS,
>you can FedEx whatever you need from the States in 10
>hours to Kuwait City and two more by helicopter to the
>field (its being done).  I re-read an article from the
>March/April 2002 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine
>titled "Next Stop Baghdad?" by Kenneth Pollack.  So
>far, the diplomatic course has played out exactly as
>he predicted and the war is following a close pattern
>as well. But as the EPA says "your mileage may vary".
>
>Brad
>--- General Boats <wwrhodes@rhodes22.com> wrote:
> > think I would like to play.
> >
> > I say the war will be won from the North.  a) since
> > Turkey has not
> > cooperated, it would be unexpected.  b) unlike the
> > citizens in the South,
> > the Kurds are itching to fight for "our cause",  c)
> > we have airfields that
> > are working for us. Put me in charge. I can handle
> > it from here.
> >
> > stan/gbi
> >
> > brad haslett wrote:
> >
> > > New War Show Lets Audience Call Shots
> > > (2003-03-27) -- When it comes to military
> > strategy,
> > > studies show that the average TV viewer knows more
> > > than the best commanders in the field. That's why
> > > network executives are so excited about the
> > potential
> > > for "The War Show."
> > >
> > > The new multi-hour daily drama 'virtually embeds'
> > TV
> > > viewers in military units in the field. Equipped
> > with
> > > nothing more than satellite TV, a chalk board and
> > a
> > > cell phone, the randomly-selected TV viewers will
> > > command legions of troops in battle against the
> > enemy.
> > >
> > > "We know this show will be a ratings hit," said an
> > > unnamed network spokesman. "Our only concern is
> > that
> > > with ordinary TV viewers calling the shots, the
> > war
> > > will be over too soon."
> > >
> > > The War Show's producers acknowledge they may
> > "throw a
> > > few curves" to make the show last longer. For
> > example,
> > > "we may provide the enemy with detailed
> > information
> > > about strategy, timing and troop movements, just
> > to
> > > make it interesting
> > >
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