[SgtBigG]

Originally posted by Aloofi:

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Originally posted by tbontob:
Will the U.S. win the coming battle of Iraq? I feel confident they will.

Will they win handily? Probably.

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Not so fast, there are several scenarios in which the US lose this war.
a) Iraq takes the war to US territory through Al Qaeda.
b) Baghdadgrad
c) WMD attacks on US territory.
d) North Korea (China) secretly enters the war.
e) The Taliban launches a counter offensive, like the Tet offensive in Viet Nam when EVERYBODY thought that that war was practically over.
f) Iran enters the war.
g) Saddams nuke/bio/gas Tel Aviv and Israel retaliates with one of their 10 City-Busters.
h) Syria enters the war.
i) (reserved for unlooked for complications)

There are a zillion examples in history when a clear cut campaign went down the hill.

C

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I have to disagree -

a) Al Qaeda and Iraq are seperate, Al Qaeda may attack the US but that is seperate from the war with Iraq.

c) Iraq does not have the ability to attack the US with WMD. It's possible that terrorists in the employ of Iraq could use WMD.

d) or the EEE. It's about as likely.

e) The Taliban are in a seperate war.

f) Iran and Iraq hate each other. Iraq used chemical weapons on Iran during their war in the early '80s.

h) see d above.

Even if any of these things happened the US would not lose the war, it would just be prolonged.

i) that's the one to watch out for.

G