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Originally posted by theking
The Vietnam conflict could have been ended in a single day with the use of nukes. Civilian micro management, for political reasons (among other reasons) would not allow this option to the military.
The Vietnam conflict could have been ended in thirty days with 24/7 conventional bombing of the North. The proof of this is in the pudding. Eleven days of 24/7 conventional bombing brought the North to the peace table. But it was not until towards the end of the war that civilian micro management allowed this option and this type of bombing to occur.
The Vietnam conflict could have been ended by conventional ground forces in a 90 day period by invading the North. Civilian micro management would not allow the military this option, for political reasons.
The successful take over of Iraq will depend entirely upon civilian micro management. Civilian micro management has already delayed the taking of cities in Southern Iraq. Civlian micro management often costs more lives by prolonging war than allowing the military to do what it needs to do to bring the war to a swift end.
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I was going to be nice, but this is gfy so wtf. I think we need to end this thread here because you are really embarrassing yourself.
Did you read this thread at all? Evidently the entire concept is difficult for you to grasp, so here it is again briefly; its about how even if you have vast military superiority its a much taller order to defeat the entire population. The vietnam conflict would never have been "ended" by military force, because large numbers of their people believed they were right and roughly half or more of ours didnt. Its called nationalism. We couldnt even outlast them on the battlefield, and the battlefield/military aspect is the easy part for us. Occupation is a bitch. Now, we are invading and occuppying a country that never attacked or even threatened us. This wasnt true for japan or germany, we were attacked and had the definite moral high ground. Every iraqi that is killed now just makes for more hatred and fuels resolve to strike back at us however they can. The only way the military can bring this "to a swift end" is to kill the entire population, which cannot be done for obvious political reasons. Or perhaps they can get the propaganda cranked up and convince all those relatives and friends of dead iraqis that everything is ok. But it aint about management of military force. Get it?