The difference is that one has to take much more risk with an undersized force.
Supply lines are at risk and they shouldn't be. The republican guard was allowed to retrench and a full moving force with Apache support would have mowed them down like they did in Desert Storm.
The Powell/Schwarzkopf doctrine of overwhelming force was ignored and now an ugly ground war is about to be undertaken, UNECESSARILY. Rumsfield should resign.
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