How many of you critics have seen the battle plan?
How many of you critics have ever been involved in the creation of a battle plan?
Has it ever crossed your mind the plan they decided on *is* flexible enough to taken into account *both* a quick victory and a rolling start. That it just might be flexible enough to deal with 100,000 Iraqi POWs or 5,000 Iraqi POWs. That it is flexible enough to move the 4ID from a northern front through Turkey to a southern front through Kuwait 3 weeks after the operation started. That the plan is flexible enough to either have troops fight with Iraqi opposition forces or without Iraqi opposition forces.
No, most of you, including me, and the media haven't. So, the easiest thing to do is quickly point out something a Gen. says and blow it out of context. The media is hungry for bad news on the American side of this war and this story, among others, is like throwing a steak into a pit of half starved lions.
How many of you critics have ever been involved in the creation of a battle plan?
Has it ever crossed your mind the plan they decided on *is* flexible enough to taken into account *both* a quick victory and a rolling start. That it just might be flexible enough to deal with 100,000 Iraqi POWs or 5,000 Iraqi POWs. That it is flexible enough to move the 4ID from a northern front through Turkey to a southern front through Kuwait 3 weeks after the operation started. That the plan is flexible enough to either have troops fight with Iraqi opposition forces or without Iraqi opposition forces.
No, most of you, including me, and the media haven't. So, the easiest thing to do is quickly point out something a Gen. says and blow it out of context. The media is hungry for bad news on the American side of this war and this story, among others, is like throwing a steak into a pit of half starved lions.