TAKING A BREAK?

James Joyner | Saturday, March 29, 2003

TAKING A BREAK? WaPo/Reuters report that US commanders have ordered a 4-6 day pause because of supply shortages and stiff Iraqi resistance. Many of the details in the story strike me as suspicious. For one thing, the M1 Abrams runs on diesel, not gasoline. For another, it is highly unlikely that any heavy division embarked on this operation with only a week’s supply of MREs; even if the war had lasted only a few days, the soldiers were going to have to eat. I suspect this is either more dubious reportage from Reuters, or Coalition leaders taking advantage of same to get out disinformation to confuse the enemy.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.

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