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SOUNDING BOARD
Tuesday, April 08, 2003
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Re-adjusting the war plan
Johanna McGeary of Time Magazine did a special report on the three flawed assumptions on the war against Iraq: (1) there would be little resistance; (2) Iraqis will welcome the coalition with open arms; and (3) the war plan covered all contingencies. The report validated and substantiated Peter Arnett's opinion on the failure of the war plan.
Pentagon officials admitted that they underestimated the strength of Iraq's paramilitaries (Fedayeen) who were embedded behind front lines to engage in guerilla tactics to drag the war. On March 16, VP Dick Cheney said he believed they would be greeted as liberators once they moved in. It didn't happen. Paramilitaries wore civilian clothes and easily blended in the crowd. Even the doctrine of 'preemptive strike' will be politically suicidal. These civilian-clothed paramilitaries will never win the war, but they proved they can delay the advancing forces (and make the coalition forces look bad if they hit populated areas).
What does this say about the firing of Peter Arnett? It's pretty obvious, isn't it?. Arnett was recently hired by UK's Daily Mirror to continue telling the truth. Indeed, the truth will set you free.
posted by Allan at 12:06 PM (GMT+8)
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