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2003/10/2-3 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:10417 Activity:kinda low
10/1    Iraq: What Went Wrong
        http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16650
        \_ need help here. don't speak english.  What are the units,
           or number of men in a:
           regiment ~4000
           brigade ~6000
           division ~20000
           \_ These are all for the US Army. Each military has a different
              structure.
           \_ thanks.  this means, according to Clark, we didn't have
              that many people fighting in Iraq when the war started.
        \_ WOW. that was a good article. If he wrote even half of that, rather
           than being all written by speechwriters/assistants, he's one
           heckuva candidate
           \_ his opinion on Iraq war is highly regarded.  although personally
              i can't make a good connection between a good general and a
              good president.
              \_ general and president are both administrative jobs.
                 sure beats failed oil company executive, AWOL texas
                 air national guardsman/draft dodger, and playboy
                 millionaire.
                 \_ sorry, but no.  they're bother leadership roles.  if we
                    needed administrative types we would've voted Gore in.
                    \_ we DID vote gore in.  GWB somehow stole the election!
                       \_ OMG!  WTF!  LOL!
        \_ Coming from the guy who lobbed 100+s millions in tomahawks and
           destroye, apart from bridges, hospitals, water plants etc.
           a few tanks.  This against the Christian Serbs who rescued downed
           allied pilots in WWII. What a joke.
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