Typo correction from above... And I'm pretty sure the military personnel
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Originally Posted by Rochard
I have no idea who you are - I've never heard of you or your program. I'm not going to argue with you all night because I have better things to do. But I will comment on what you said about Saddam.
The second invasion of Iraq was a two month affair that removed Saddam from power and destroyed one of the largest armies in the world in less than two months. It took us three weeks to get to Baghdad, at which point both the military and the Iraqi government went into hiding and was never seen or heard from.
Anyone who understands military tactics knows you need a ratio of 3-1 or 4-1 to destroy an attacking force. The Iraqi military had 600k men under arms, another 1.2 million in reserves, and they were attacked by 250k and destroyed in three weeks....
That was, by far, the biggest embarrassment in military history.
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Who I am is irrelevant to this discussion, as is the program I run. I'm not sure why you would even bring up either in a debate about gun control. I don't know you from a hole in the wall either, but it hasn't stopped me from engaging you in the debate because quite frankly, I don't need to know who you are.
Oh, right... it's the age old "who are you?" line when one side of a debate has all but lost and is trying to diminish the other side in one last hopeful attempt to come out of said debate on top.
As far as Saddam goes, he wasn't simply dealt with in a matter of months. The end result of what finally happened is irrelevant because it still doesn't change the fact that Dubya Sr. spent the better part of 2 terms going after Saddam.
Not to mention, I don't know where you get your info, but we first invaded Iraq - for the second time - in 2003. And regardless of whether or not in only took 2 months to get Saddam
this time... we spent the better part of a decade fighting a senseless war there, all in the name of finding those pesky WMD's; which to this day, not a single one was ever found. So your example of the 2nd Iraq war as a backing point for your claim that America is the biggest super power in the world, is extremely flawed.
As far as what the biggest embarrassment in Military history was, I'm pretty sure I can go through and find far more embarrassing moments than a country "losing" a war to a far better armed and trained military. It's akin to sending an entire SEAL team after a national guard brigade; and once again your attempt to use this as an example of the "power" of America is.... extremely laughable.