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[PEN-L:36263] Re: The Stalingrad thesis.
>>> cburford@xxxxxxxxxx 03/29/03 04:01 AM >>>
I am forwarding a link that has been drawn to my attention about the Stalingrad hypothesis. I would caution that I do not claim this hypothesis
as mine.
Extract:
>The historical similarities between a 2003 "Battle of Baghdad" and the
>1942 "Battle of Stalingrad" are alarming.
Chris Burford
hey why not, all analogies are suspect, some just more than others...
irrespective of above, u.s. assumed 5 day - 7 at most - day war...
strategy predicated on 3 circumstances, none of which manifest themselves: en masse open arm welcome from shia in south, en masse iraqi military surrender, en masse flight from baghdad (re. latter, more people were crossing border from jordan early on to take up arms against u.s. than were heading into jordan, 14-15 people in u.n facilities set up for about 300,000)...
michael hoover
- Thread context:
- [PEN-L:36286] Re: Re: Perle before Swine, (continued)
- [PEN-L:36266] Suicide bombers,
Louis Proyect Sat 29 Mar 2003, 14:01 GMT
- [PEN-L:36264] Re: impeaching Bush,
Michael Hoover Sat 29 Mar 2003, 12:00 GMT
- [PEN-L:36263] Re: The Stalingrad thesis.,
Michael Hoover Sat 29 Mar 2003, 11:55 GMT
- [PEN-L:36261] The Stalingrad thesis.,
Chris Burford Sat 29 Mar 2003, 09:01 GMT
- [PEN-L:36260] "Are we witnessing the madness of Tony Blair?",
Chris Burford Sat 29 Mar 2003, 09:01 GMT
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