An example of a Gem:
Quote:
From the New York Times or 26 Mar 2003
Iraqi forces continued to attack in what soldiers described as futile, almost fanatical assaults against M1-A1 tanks and Bradley armored fighting vehicles
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The article then describes how Iraqis even tried to crash their car into a tank. Tank crushed the car without firing a shot. But this demonstrates how badly the Iraqis want to be liberated.
Also describes by the NY Times is another gem. 3rd Army must now expend more forces to surround the town of Najaf because Americans are finding whole cities too much in support of Saddam. That means much less forces to attack Replublican Guards using a division that may not have been sufficient size to make the attack originally - according to too many Gulf War generals.
After Najaf, then Karbala must be surrounded since it too cannot be taken. An then Al Musayyib. And why is As Samawah being so quite? These gems only continue to say what administration refused to admit when we started this war. We will be at war for a long time. But then the Generals did not get the plan they wanted - directly traceable to multiple actions of the George Jr administration.