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Why are we trying to take all of Southern Iraq with Infantry, rather than Armored Divisions?

 

Yes, the infantry has about 250 tanks, but if they sent the Armored Divisions they would have 2 or 3 thousand tanks each.  Right now we have about the same number or mabye a little fewer tanks over there than Iraq has.

 

The original plan was to take Iraq with two armored divisions, one in the north and one in the south, surrounding Bagdad. Then send in the infantry to fight it out in Bagdad.  Once diplomacy with Turkey went down hill we just sent the infantry north to fight their way there.  We started the war with about 50% less military power than we had planned on starting it with.  By the time the Infantry get there they're going to be exhausted, they've already gone 4 or 5 days without sleeping.  It'll be at least a week before any armored divisions can get there, being shipped around Turkey now.

 

This explains why things don't seem to be going as fast as everyone thought they would go.

 

I am all for this war, and I support it 100%, but I have to wonder, shouldn't we have waited until the armored divisions were there, even if it meant an extra day or two?  I mean we could've gone ahead and bombed, so we would be standing behind the deadline; but not started the ground assault until we had everything we needed.

 

Just a thought.

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Maybe the armored divisions can make faster tracks with nothing to mow down but desert ground??

 

Just my .02 worth........

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