http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:14:13 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/27/141303.php#comment-6264 If you live in America, you aren't getting the whole story anyway. Your news bulletins are censored. If you are able to get news from, say, the Middle East, or from Australia, or France/Germany.. you'll find it more enlightening, and less tedious... 6264@blogcritics.org Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:14:13 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/03/27/141303.php#comment-6260 You mean the Seige of Baghdad. The military knows that attacking Baghdad directly in force will provoke MASSIVE world outcry. The only way that i see in my humble non military point of view is this will happen if Iraq uses WMD. Going through Baghdad street by street is going to be a very costly manuver to our troops and allies. It will also add fuel to the fire of American hatred in the middle east. At the same time,a prolonged seige will endanger Iraqi civilians who will have no food or medical supplies. Bringing in supplies to the citizenry will only see them being confiscated by the soldiers so that they may continue the fight. I hope that our strategists have thought of another option that i'm not aware of. 6260@blogcritics.org Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:25:54 EST