[RickC]

I LOVE IT that intellectual men of action are in charge of the U.S. Military!!!!!

After reading Ralph Peters' articles of the last 10 years, and what I could find from Wolfowitz & Rumsfeld, I was a little confused as to all the talk about "Shock & Awe" - it seemed out of place with what they were trying to do with the modern military - i.e., make the whole Armed Forces of the U.S. light and nimble and specific like the U.S. Marine Corps.

We keep hearing that "Shock & Awe" is coming. I'm now betting that that's B.S.

What a great plan!!! Had me fooled.

Think about it from the point of view of a mid-level Iraqi military tank commander who's never liked the severity of his higher ups. For months he's heard that he's going to be pulverized by the U.S. Military. And he BELIEVES this in his soul because of the 1st Persian Gulf War.

But now we suddenly "change" our strategy and target very specifically at the generals and political leadership. This Iraqi will feel D*mned grateful that he'll probably live, and then think awhile about how the U.S. ISN'T hurting civilians, and then maybe - just maybe - whether he should help the American's find & hunt down the severe Iraqi leadership he's always resented.

It's doubtful that any mid-level tank commander in the Iraqi Army (or any army) cares more for his General than for his country. How cool is it that we are trying to exploit this?!?

I'm probably going to H*ll for thinking all of this, but if that's what we're doing, what a cool strategy, and what a great use of disinformation!!! Even better than the Marine Corps feint toward Kuwati beaches in 1991!