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Tue, 28 June 2005 21:48  |
Paul Braun
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Registered: September 2005
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d have been pleasant.
Further complicating the problem is the fact that you normally
get your highest rainfall in the June/July time frame there, so
we'd have been stuck trying to maneuver in well-soaked earth,
while the Autobahns & bridges on West German side would have
been crammed with whatever civilians weren't partying in Spain
trying to get out towards the west, and the Autobahns coming
from the east would have been stuffed full of Russian tanks &
BMP's pinning us against the rivers.
Assuming a completely conventional war, we still wouldn't have
lost the whole war, had one occurred... we had superior air
power, for example, but that takes time to scramble & mobilize
& assist in killing thousands of tanks, and then rearm & refuel
to do more of the same, but we would have lost most of our
ground forces in Europe, and half of what was West Germany
would have been overrun before we could have beaten them back,
that's for sure.
It's a damn good thing that never happened. I dunno how many of
you reading this actually realize to this extent what the deal
really was, but that's what would've occurred. A LOT of
Americans knew this same shit that I just typed, but were ready
to be there for our allies, and I guess that's what pisses me
off sometimes when I hear someone that we were ready & willing
to deal with (& die in) the above scenario in order to defend
talk shit about us... Derek, I don't mean you specifically, I'm
just talking in general terms now.
Anyway, I guess I'm done for now... made my points, tired of
typing, not going
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