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Originally posted by stocktrader23
Wow the US is reporting stiff resistance and more US casualties. No numbers have been released.
Not only in Basra either.
I thought Iraqis were just going to roll over.
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These are isolated skirmishes, not even worthy of being called a battle and have zero effect on the campaign. The goals of the campaign are ahead of schedule and will come to fruition when our main forces surround Baghdad.
There were three primary goals to this campaign.
#1 To take control of the ports in Southern Iraq.
#2 To secure the Southern and Northern oil fields to keep them from being blown, for multiple reasons.
#3 To drive to Baghdad (by passing smaller cities and smaller Iraqi forces) surround it and isolate it.
All three of these goals are being achieved. No one, but no one, with a brain thought that there would not be some pockets of resistence. The outcome of the campaign is known and is inevitable.