7/5 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq-Battles-Past.html
``Some countries learn from their military history,'' said Capt. Mark
Miller, commanding officer of A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry
Regiment. ``This one (Iraq) obviously didn't.''
Kind of arrogant, isn't it? What is the lesson Iraq is supposed to
have learned?
\_ They should have known: AIR POWER. Even obsolete or training jets
esp. when compared to overwhelming odds of mere ground forces.
Then again, the frigging British like to exaggerate their
considerable military prowess. Air power defeated the Iraqi
govt back then and it happened again...and again.
What's even worse is they had rusted MiG-21 jets. They actually
had jets but has Iraq ever really developed their air power?
They built a few buildings on the base and that's it.
Naw, instead they develop WMD to use on Iraqis and Iranians. dumb
Look at the Israelies, the old soviets, imperial japan...all
great powers have a strong, developed air force and
2nd-rate or small countries can become strong when they
have air power. |