The news ticker on MSNBC says that the Military is "accusing" Iraqi soldiers of dressing in civilian clothes, using civilian vehicles and faking surrender.
Well duh.
Why would the military think that the Iraqi military would do anything different than if the US was invaded by foreign soldiers? It would be nothing less than guerilla warfare - dirty tricks and all.
Of course it is easy for me to sit here and second guess what the military is thinking, but from this side (or perhaps it is the media spin) it looks like they were a bit over confident that the Iraqi people would roll over and give up.
Looks like the US military made the classical mistake that many military leaders over the centuries have made before them (and which many of them would regret later): they underestimated the enemy.
Now, what was that saying again? Those who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it?
Jeroen "Military Observations" van Baardwijk
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