--- On Sun, 1/17/10, Kurt Feltenberger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Brandon Cope wrote: > >> Not the point. > >> > > > > Of course it is. Against a better force, with air > power to attack the long supply lines, the heavy armor would > have been forced to greatly slow down any advance or risk > running out of fuel or ammo. > > > > You believe what you want, I'll take first hand eye witness > comments from people I trust instead. Eyewitness testimony can be very unreliable. > >> When we were driving into Iraq and there was > >> resistance, it wasn't an issue. > >> > > > > It wasn't an issue because the forces attacking the > convoys weren't appropriately equipped regular army or > commando forces. > > > > I direct you to the battle of 73 Eastings. The Iraqis weren't attacking a supply convoy. They weren't the equal of the US forces either. > >> When we were in Kosovo and Bosnia we were > surrounded by > >> potential enemies it wasn't an issue. > >> > > > > You are being extremely short-sighted. There *are* > potential issues, but US forces hadn't yet run into an > opponent who could adequately exploit those issues. In 50 > years, the US may face a more capable foe. Or the US > might bot be involved and the two sides may be equally > matched. > > Perhaps. But I'll also accept that we'll have 50 years of > planning to go along with the passage of time, Brandon. The US might no longer be a superpower in 50 years. World dominance could be a struggle between India and China. > When > the Japanese attacked us in 1941, we already had the plans > sitting on the shelf for how we were going to go about > taking back the Pacific. And as a training exercise we had attacked Pearl Harbor by air a few years earlier, but dismissed it. The British had mauled the Italian fleet at Taranto in 1940 with obsolete biplanes but the US largely ignored it. The Japanese, however, studied both events with interest. > And it will continue to do well until we > get the equivalent of a Mr. Fusion. The M1 has done well only because it has faced inferior tanks with inferior crews. It is unlikely to face it's equals in combat in it's lifetime (Challenger 2, Leopard 2, Merkava). Brandon _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
