NorthOfNorth wrote on Aug 18
th, 2014 at 7:28am:
aquascoot wrote on Aug 18
th, 2014 at 7:09am:
north, if Rommel was in the desert now, he'd roll through ISIS like a hot knife through butter.
these chappies aren't a military threat.
they are OK at hacking heads off civilians but that's about it.
I remember storman norman talking about anticipated losses when desert storm 1 was launched.
he estimated in the 10,000 vicinity. I think they lost about 50.
one yank with a bulldozer just rolled along the Iraqi front line burying the enemy in their trenches.
the muslims aren't the greatest fighters on earth. in fact, they're pretty piss weak.
the viet cong, now they were brave.
these middle eastern men are cowards underneath.
they'll be taken out when it suits the yanks.
plenty of time to sell arms to the Saudis and make a profit in the meantime.
How someone fights in war depends on the extent to which he believes in the cause he's fighting for.
Possibly.
I think it also depends on the brotherhood love between the troops and the leadership of the officers.
again, ive discussed this already, in terms of being a good leader you have to be mindful of the underlings anxieties, you have to be self confident, you have to have respect, a touch of fear, you have to have discipline, you have to be consistent.
I doubt the US troops , particularly in recent fights like "the surge" in Iraq felt wholey committed to the cause. but they are wholey commited to the guy next to them.
they have that esprit de corps.
this has to be instilled by good confident leadership and hard training.
the muslims are all raw emotion and firing in the air and running around like headless chickens.
ive said it before and i'll say it again, this emotional style of leadership (the sort you get from the green senators) is death to a country.
You need a john wayne type character, a George patton at the helm.
the people then relax and focus.
you need this militarily and you need this politically.
the muslims need a strong man at the helm.
sadam, for all his faults was a strong man.
I still cant work out why they replaced him, unless it was to engineer the current situation
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the americans have been reading lao tzu