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ADL Colin · 06-01-2003, 02:07 PM

It's not at all unusual for there to be false, misleading, and even counterintelligence during war (during times of peace too, of course).

Consider the number of stories we have heard throughout the war. Food shortages due to broken supply lines, everything is "not going according to plan", an unexpected pause, unexpected resistance, "quagmire". There were just as many if not more stories that people easily believed which showed US weakness and vulnerability and yet within a few weeks of them being taken hook, line, and sinker by unsuspecting America-haters, US soldiers were in the streets of Baghdad, Saddam's statues were falling and the Iraqi "Elite" Republican Guard was decimated and destroyed.

Many doubted the US intelligence that pointed to the general unwillingness of Iraqi's to fight for a "dying regime" and yet the live pictures that we saw as US troops moved into Baghdad indicated that evaluation was much more correct than incorrect.

This is precisely WHY the term "fog of war" was invented and is popular. We will undoubtably learn of more errors in intelligence, double-crossings, effective Iraqi counterintelligence and information that was not released as it was obtained. There will also quite likely still be a future surprise that will no doubt shock many. Remember that a single bomb killed 243 marines in a Beirut barracks in 1983.

The war was notable for it's underestimation of US military strength and intelligence and not the opposite. Despite the
predictions of a bloodbath as a result of urban combat in Baghdad and tens of thousands of US soldiers killer, the plan went as according to plan as one could go.

06-01-2003, 02:07 PM
ADL Colin Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Tube Titans, USA Posts: 11,929	It's not at all unusual for there to be false, misleading, and even counterintelligence during war (during times of peace too, of course). Consider the number of stories we have heard throughout the war. Food shortages due to broken supply lines, everything is "not going according to plan", an unexpected pause, unexpected resistance, "quagmire". There were just as many if not more stories that people easily believed which showed US weakness and vulnerability and yet within a few weeks of them being taken hook, line, and sinker by unsuspecting America-haters, US soldiers were in the streets of Baghdad, Saddam's statues were falling and the Iraqi "Elite" Republican Guard was decimated and destroyed. Many doubted the US intelligence that pointed to the general unwillingness of Iraqi's to fight for a "dying regime" and yet the live pictures that we saw as US troops moved into Baghdad indicated that evaluation was much more correct than incorrect. This is precisely WHY the term "fog of war" was invented and is popular. We will undoubtably learn of more errors in intelligence, double-crossings, effective Iraqi counterintelligence and information that was not released as it was obtained. There will also quite likely still be a future surprise that will no doubt shock many. Remember that a single bomb killed 243 marines in a Beirut barracks in 1983. The war was notable for it's underestimation of US military strength and intelligence and not the opposite. Despite the predictions of a bloodbath as a result of urban combat in Baghdad and tens of thousands of US soldiers killer, the plan went as according to plan as one could go. __________________ Adult Date Link - $50 PPS starting NOW! -- good and JUICY! skype = "adultdatelink"