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# Posted 7:38 PM by Ariel David Adesnik 
Although not a military professional myself, I'm a wargamer and have worked with the military on enough programs to understand that the chief problem with all military operations is logistics. The map in the Telegraph illustrates how the 3ID has used the Euphrates as a screen to move near Bagdhad.Gee, maybe I should start learning more about logistics. This sounds sort of important. (0) opinions -- Add your opinion
By moving west of the Euphrates instead of east, they were able to move through a sparser populated area, cross fewer rivers, control attacks on thier LOC by controlling the bridges and basically pin the entire Republican Guard. This also allowed us to control the southern oil fields the dams at the head of the Eupharates and cut off portions of Western Iraq. In WWI the British went up the middle, stalled, and got isolated in Kut.
We've taken the western approach. Now that they are there, there is no hurry. A Republican Guard attack would be welcome and the Guard can't redeploy. I think that Saddam was caught off guard. He expected the prolonged bombing that would allow him to position and plan. He lost over 1/3 of his territory without any response.
