sparky wrote:.
Taking a large build up city , defended by a determined opponent is no joke , just ask the shade of Paulus .
the cost in ordinance and lives can be daunting ,
the least worst strategy is to cut the supply lines to create a shortage of food, reinforcement and ammunition
then intensifies the fighting all around the perimeter to the point of degrading the defenders forces
In Aleppo , the Syrian Army with Russian air support is doing this , it's hard going .
In Mosul , the Iraqi Army with US air support will start soon , they have been preparing for months now .
two cities , same problem , we can just sit back and observe both operation
My guess is that as soon as the hard fighting start in Mosul , all the fine words about being nice will evaporate
War Is organized murder , always was always will be
from the words of the least welcome visitor to Georgia , William Tecumseh Sherman
" War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
careinke wrote:Hey Dissident, please don't take offense, but are you one of those "thousands" of Russian social media trolls, the MSM have been screaming about? Just curious.
Don't get me wrong, you are ALWAYS one of my favorite reads. At the very least, you certainly raise my critical thinking skills. Your comments are always lucid and well thought out. As a matter of fact we agree on LOTS of stuff.
Like you, I think this whole Chem Weapons thing does not ring true. I can see NO advantage to Asad for using chem weapons at this point in time. The current Russian story, seems the most credible at the moment. Although your False Flag hypothesis is certainly intriguing.....
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