Originally posted by: Piano Man
There is only losing with war.
Originally posted by: Kenazo
I too will voice the "In war anything can happen" statement. However, I believe they will win.
Do you believe the U.S. can lose this war?
Originally posted by: Tabb
Its too early to tell if we will win or lose.
Originally posted by: TheCorm
Do you believe the U.S. can lose this war?
Could we change to "Do you believe the allies can lose this war?"
Corm
Getting down with the coalition. Estonia is in the house. Lithuania is representing.Originally posted by: PipBoy
Originally posted by: TheCorm
Do you believe the U.S. can lose this war?
Could we change to "Do you believe the allies can lose this war?"
Corm
Er yeah, this is all about "the coalition"
Originally posted by: PipBoy
Originally posted by: TheCorm
Do you believe the U.S. can lose this war?
Could we change to "Do you believe the allies can lose this war?"
Corm
Er yeah, this is all about "the coalition"
Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
Hmmm, can the US lose? Practically, no, but it may be that we cannot win.
Originally posted by: alexruiz
I also said yes..... I stated before that the USa army is going to butcher Iraq's army, but the eventual result will be the withdrawal of troops..... too many people joining the guerrilla to effectively have control of the country.
If we speculate a tlittle, I guess Saddam learned his lesson in the first war: no frontal confrontation against an enemy with much superior technology. I also think that all the hype about "Republican guard rings" is more propaganda, as Tarek Aziz himself said "Do you think we are going to put are troops in position to be bombed from the air...." Obviously they cannot hide all the tanks in the cities, and those tanks will be scapegoats, as the main force (infantry with portable antitank/antiaircraft missiles) will be in the city. I am pretty sure they know those tanks will be destroyed, but they hope thay can inflict as much damage as possible to weaken the enemy entering the city. Or maybe tanks made of wood "Rommel style"???
No chemical weapons will be used because there are none. Guerrilla will have NO problem getting supplies from Iran, SA and Siria. The guerrilla will kill more USA/British troops than all the Iraqui army. In fact, the guerrilla will get better weapons (From France, Russia, the UK, even from the USA or even made by Israel.... yes, black market baby!)
Finally, my last conjeture is that Saddam is not in Baghdad.... he is somewhere else. The TV transmissions used a double very well trained in the duty. He knows the bombimg is going to focus too much in the big city, while forgetting the rest of the country. Anonimity is the key here.
Originally posted by: FishTankX
I think there are two posibilities for loss
1. Act of God (I.E. British saved from the spanish by massive hurricane that blew all their ships away)
2. Republican guard proves too much in urban warfare and it's impossible to win without massive civilian casualties.
Originally posted by: Soldat
there should be another option 'please don't make me laugh'
win = U.S. achieves its military objective, to topple the Iraqi regime by killing Saddam