A potential US Stalingrad in Iraq?

The US Army's long tail in danger of being chopped off? Pat Lang points to the dangers of Iranian sponsored guerrilla attacks on US supply lines running from Kuwait to Iraq (after Hezbollah's demonstration of small unit performance in Lebanon, this should be taken very seriously):

Hostilities between Iran and the United States or a change in attitude toward US forces on the part of the Baghdad government could quickly turn the supply roads into a "shooting gallery" 400 to 800 miles long.

At present, the convoys of trucks supplying our forces in Iraq are driven by civilians - either South Asians or Turks. If the route is indeed turned into a shooting gallery, these civilian truck drivers would not persist or would require a heavier escort by the US military.

It might then be necessary to "fight" the trucks through ambushes on the roads. This is a daunting possibility. Trucks loaded with supplies are defenseless against many armaments, such as rocket-propelled grenades, small arms, and improvised explosive devices. A long, linear target such as a convoy of trucks is very hard to defend against irregulars operating in and around their own towns.

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That will not deter Bush/Cheney.

Whoever is in command in Iraq will get a promotion and will be told that the Air Force will save them.

Friedrich Paulus will welcome those guys when its over.

[Legume Sam]

If it doesn't deter Bush/ Cheney, then maybe we will see Bush/ Cheney's defeat.