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Article #1455Re: Overwhelming Firepower is Bad doctrine
From: Colin Campbell
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:20
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:20
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:42:47 GMT, Dharmananda <Nil@neph.net> wrote: >RTO Trainer wrote: > >> >> I have not said that overwhelming firepower is never used, nor that it >> is not sometimes tactically appropriate.��I�have�only�stated,�several >> times that it is not cuurent doctrine.��And�it�isn't. > > > >It is possible then, that the attack of Fallujah was simply a departure from >current doctrine, and the use of Overwhelming Firepowere as a percieved >"tactical necessity?" Has it occurred to you that you do not know enough about the battle of Falluja to even know _if_ overwhelming firepower was even used? Has it occurred to you that the term 'overwhelming firepower' is itself so vague to be meaningless? -- "Saddam was found cowering in his little hole in the ground. Supposedly, his goal was to remain in hiding until all the shooting stopped. Well, hey, it worked for the French." Jay Leno
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