Reply #10: Here is a GEM... [View All]

[JM]

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"Millennium Challenge was the biggest war game of all time. It had been planned for two years and involved integrated operations by the army, navy, air force and marines. The exercises were part real, with 13,000 troops spread across the United States, supported by actual planes and warships; and part virtual, generated by sophisticated computer models. It was the same technique used in Hollywood blockbusters such as Gladiator. The soldiers in the foreground were real, the legions behind entirely digital.

The game was theoretically set in 2007 and pitted Blue forces (the US) against a country called Red. Red was a militarily powerful Middle Eastern nation on the Persian Gulf that was home to a crazed but cunning megalomaniac (Van Riper)."

Planning is one thing, but to have planned this *particular* scenario two years ago?

Once (not surrounding the Taliban) is a mistake. Twice (not surrounding Tora Bora) is stupid. Three times (invading from one direction while an entire division is on ships) is a pattern of behavior. This exercise, if true, just shows they are a bunch of "yes men". And by the way, where are the crazed megalomaniacs right now?

Osama - ?
Saddam - ?
Kim Jong Il - Pyongyang
Dubya - Crawford
Dick - ?
Rummy - Arlington

Later,
JM