tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post4129674441219844010..comments2024-03-29T00:10:48.043-04:00Comments on HMS Defiant: GROUND TRUTH IN RAMADIHMS Defianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-67584454268694974092015-06-02T12:31:57.366-04:002015-06-02T12:31:57.366-04:00Perhaps. Ramadi was the provincial capital of a Su...Perhaps. Ramadi was the provincial capital of a Sunni province important to the state. They didn't let go and run away until they lost. One needs to keep in mind what happened to the USMC in Beirut back in 1983. The Iraqi army may have them but they were trained by us in COIN and not how to take out armor so I find it likely they didn't have any anti-tank weapons with which they could repel the kind of attack described above.<br /><br />Austin Bay has been pretty on target over the course of the Wars in the middle east. I'd extend anything he has to say on the topic the respect he's earned by his writings to date.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-34697184221238487852015-06-02T05:10:57.887-04:002015-06-02T05:10:57.887-04:00Pathetic article in all respects highlighting an a...Pathetic article in all respects highlighting an analysis that is as trustworthy as Mexican tap water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com