Now I don't know how your news is broadcast accross your various states in America, but here in the United Kingdom, facts and only the facts are allowed to be broadcast.
I have watched our national news for many days now alongwith CNN.
It would appear that CNN only comments on American activity and to the observer not involved it is made out that it is the Americans and only the Americans who are fighting this war.
Well what a fine job there not doing.
In your race to get to Bagdad and say you've done it all, you've left your fellow country man and woman to be picked off and isolated. Your troops have skirted towns and cities that show some resistance, leaving the supply and mechanics to face the gun fire. In your haste, you will reach Bagdad but have no support units as these will be further behind clearing the troops they failed to clear.
It took American troops 4 days to try and take Um Qada, now they've given it up as they have admitted they are unable to take it over and it's left to the British Royal Marines to take the City. Well that should take us less than two days, why? because man for man we are the best fighting unit anywhere in the World.
Rumfell or what ever his name is has got it wrong. As soon as major resistance was shown by Iraq, the troops should have stayed back and each city should have taken three days of bombing. Sod the Iraqi casulties. They showed they wanted to fight, so lets fight. Modern war is air strikes until it is safe for ground troops to move in.
However, the Americans fire patriot missles at British planes, so that theroy goes out the window. How can that mistake happen when each plane sends out a honing beacon. Then there's the American GI who tries to bomb his platoon up.
If this carries on not dealing with what is in front of us all, then this war will go on well into the hot summers in the Gulf, and then it will be much more difficult to fight and move troops.
Now I know we all love our country, and we what all our troops to return home. I pray for the safety of the American POW and also to those that have lost their lives, but you are really making a poor attempt leaving units isolated.
I know I will be slated for what I have written, but this is an observation from this side of the Atlantic.
I have watched our national news for many days now alongwith CNN.
It would appear that CNN only comments on American activity and to the observer not involved it is made out that it is the Americans and only the Americans who are fighting this war.
Well what a fine job there not doing.
In your race to get to Bagdad and say you've done it all, you've left your fellow country man and woman to be picked off and isolated. Your troops have skirted towns and cities that show some resistance, leaving the supply and mechanics to face the gun fire. In your haste, you will reach Bagdad but have no support units as these will be further behind clearing the troops they failed to clear.
It took American troops 4 days to try and take Um Qada, now they've given it up as they have admitted they are unable to take it over and it's left to the British Royal Marines to take the City. Well that should take us less than two days, why? because man for man we are the best fighting unit anywhere in the World.
Rumfell or what ever his name is has got it wrong. As soon as major resistance was shown by Iraq, the troops should have stayed back and each city should have taken three days of bombing. Sod the Iraqi casulties. They showed they wanted to fight, so lets fight. Modern war is air strikes until it is safe for ground troops to move in.
However, the Americans fire patriot missles at British planes, so that theroy goes out the window. How can that mistake happen when each plane sends out a honing beacon. Then there's the American GI who tries to bomb his platoon up.
If this carries on not dealing with what is in front of us all, then this war will go on well into the hot summers in the Gulf, and then it will be much more difficult to fight and move troops.
Now I know we all love our country, and we what all our troops to return home. I pray for the safety of the American POW and also to those that have lost their lives, but you are really making a poor attempt leaving units isolated.
I know I will be slated for what I have written, but this is an observation from this side of the Atlantic.
