The troops are ready. What are we waiting for?

[KrazyHorse]

As much as I hate to break up the Bush-bashing, that quote is taken out of context; he was referring explicitly to orders received to use weapons of mass destruction.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat

It's not like we have hidden divisions in the US Army that nobody knows about.

Area 52?

[Dr Strangelove]

Re: Re: Re: Re: The troops are ready. What are we waiting for?

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat

The best way to minimize casualties (which is also consistent with current heavy forces groundfighting doctrine out of TRADOC) is to pile into the Iraqis after air prep, and keep up the pressure continuously in a running fight. The US wouldn't go static until we were in an occupation phase.

Yes, that's it. You'll know that war is in the making when the air force starts pounding Iraqi positions in ernest. I don't know how or where the Iraqis sotre their equipemnt when they're not in a mobilization setting, but given the decade long atmosphere of confrontation I'd have stored them somewhere where they have a chance of not getting bombed if I were on the Iraqi general staff. They may not be mobilizing because they don't want to present themselves as targets for the US air force.