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Article #1545Re: Overwhelming Firepower is Bad doctrine
From: Colin Campbell
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:14
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:14
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:47:57 GMT, Dharmananda <Nil@neph.net> wrote: >DeadMeat wrote: > >> >> I understand what Overwhelming Firepower is.��That's�where�a�bomb�is >> dropped on a house housing your enemy.��Or�where�you�have�the�troops�come >> in�behind a couple or three M-1s that blow the 2nd floor, 3rd, 4th, and >> fifth window on the 2nd and third floor completely away.��Hell,�kid,�it's >> done�all�the time and it saves lives on the US side.��If�you�overkill��it >> then�it's�still dead and you lost NO people in the first place.��If�you >> underkill�it�your ground troops are going to get some pretty nasty >> surprises. >> > >That makes sense. But then why is it, pray tell, that one of the other >military geniuses on this thread assures me, on the basis of war blogs, >that this doctrine, i.e., overwhelming firepower, is outdated? Because this is an example of attrition warfare. Something that is avoided by military professionals. -- "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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