Larry's Market Comments at Critical Points

[LisaAu]

A few questions regarding the 200,000 + service men and women:

How many actual troops (on the ground) are available to attack Baghdad?

How many are support staff, maintenance, supply, etc.?

How many need to be sleeping or getting some form of rest at any one time? (Hence, how many are able to fight right now?) Remember these troops are tired and stressed from moving North to Baghdad.

How many of the total group, American, British et al are going to be in other parts of Iraq, e.g., Basra, fighting in those places?

How does this relatively small number of troops take over and control a city of about 5 million people, where a bunch are angry and see the US as invaders and anti Muslim?

Looks like a tough situation to me that could get a lot tougher ... and last for who knows how long before we eventually win.

Iraq is about the size of California and has about 25 million people. That's not small potatoes, as my grandmother used to say!

(And then there's the possibility of WMD.)

IMHO

LisaAu