Keegan on War Status
John Keegan gives his opinion of how well the allied forces are doing in Iraq:
In a conventional military environment, not so heavily influenced by the surveillance of the media, any commanding general might reckon the campaign had made highly satisfactory progress so far. It has secured most of the territory and facilities over which it needs to operate, has a secure base, has acquired its own resupply port, dominates the enemy and is not threatened by large-scale civilian disorder.
The critical phase, the battle for Baghdad, has still to be reached. It is inconceivable, however, that the American Army will not defeat the Republican Guard outside the city and such a defeat, in all likelihood, will rapidly bring about the city’s fall.
Critics and war watchers buzzing from the cable channels’ news crawler should just take a deep breath.
“This is Not Vietnam - the Allies are Well on the Way to Victory” [via The Command Post]
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