April 1, 2003
THE BEGINNING OF THE END?
Major Battle Near Baghdad (MSNBC, April 2, 2003)Coalition forces were engaged in a "major battle" with Iraq's elite Republican Guard in the town of Karbala, about 60 miles southwest of Baghdad, a U.S. military official at Central Command headquarters said Wednesday. The comments came after intense overnight bombing in the area, where the Medina Division of the Republican Guard -- possibly augmented by other, repositioned units of Saddam's best trained and best equipped troops -- was defending the approach to the capital against U.S. infantry. Some military officials hinted that this was the beginning of a major ground offensive against Baghdad.As Harry has noted here, infantry is the Queen of battles. In the end, good men will have to march to Baghdad to deliver the coup de grace to the Baathist regime. If this is the beginning of that battle, then God speed. Posted by David Cohen at April 1, 2003 8:01 PM
Comments
What about the one month stan-down and not having enough troops?
Posted by: oj at April 1, 2003 8:21 PMThey're only doing this because of the penetrating media criticism because, you know, this administration cares so much what the press thinks of it.
Posted by: David Cohen at April 1, 2003 9:46 PM