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From: maarrrk@gauss.ucsb.edu (Mark Erickson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Equipment Comparison
Message-ID: <1991Mar14.040036.27807@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 14 Mar 91 04:00:36 GMT
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From: maarrrk@gauss.ucsb.edu (Mark Erickson)

In article <1991Mar12.233727.1299@cbnews.att.com> Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com writes:
>
>"A hypothetical: if the Allied forces had been equipped with Soviet
>equipment, and the Iraquis had US equipment, would the results
>have been much different?"
> 
>Yes, we would have lost. 
>
>	[stuff deleted]

	Equipment is only as good as the people who use it, and the
	Iraqis did not appear to have their act together at all.
	
	I don't think that they could have maintained and used
	our equipment.  The Israelis had Patriot missiles, but 
	did not have the training necessary to defend their country
	without U.S. crews.

	--maarrrk