From:	Paul J. Adam Paul@********.demon.co.uk
Subject:	Starting equiptment [was: Value and so on]
Date:	Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:11:23 +0100

In article <000301bed23a$233ba480$7f5211ac@******.oz.au>, Robert
Watkins <robert.watkins@******.com> writes
>As for Iraq... six months of air raids, but the war didn't end. Three days
>after sending in the tanks, well...
>
>"You can use air power to deny possession, but you don't own a hilltop until
>you send a pimply 17-year old kid with a rifle to stand on top of it" --
>paraphrasing someone I can't remember.

"I faced US air power for two months and lost five tanks. I faced British
armour for two hours and lost _all_ my tanks." An Iraqi battalion
commander. Same story was repeated with variations throughout the
war.

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Paul J. Adam