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Originally posted by SimeyTheLimey: This is an interesting read in today's London Telegraph. It's an op-ed by John Keegan, probably the world's formost military historian. He looks at the military situation in Iraq by judging the favorable and unfavorable developments, and draws some conclusions from the balance. Worth a look. |
Thanks for the link (I read his History Of Warfare). A calm, reasoned perspective.
So they underestimated the degree of resistance - no one ever guaranteed that there wouldn't be miscalculations. It's still a pretty impressive operation. I think the real test will be whether they win the "hearts and minds" aspect. It's simply too early to draw conclusions.