tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post116534265068234852..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Small Wonder He Features So Prominently in The Waste LandJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1165427724881839522006-12-06T12:55:00.000-05:002006-12-06T12:55:00.000-05:00Just a reminder - there were 500,000 on the ground...Just a reminder - there were 500,000 on the ground to push Saddam out of Kuwait (combat + support) in 1990. Look at a map of Iraq - that tiny bit of real estate in the lower right - needed half a million to accomplish the mission.<BR/><BR/>Who in their right mind thought/believed/hoped for a second that 200K could take and control the entire country was crazy then and crazier now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1165358792013456592006-12-05T17:46:00.000-05:002006-12-05T17:46:00.000-05:00Counter-logical is the best term for this essay.I ...Counter-logical is the best term for this essay.<BR/><BR/>I think Captain Kirk kept copies of this piece around in case he needed to befuddle/destroy any evil computers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com