“Shock And Awe” Begins

Although America’s war on Iraq has been conducted using advanced military technology such as a new line of Patriot missiles and GPS satellite uplink to command posts in Kuwait, the government is still fighting the war the traditional way, by trying to overwhelm the enemy in numbers. Bush’s “shock and awe” plan was launched at the end of this week to overwhelm Iraq with more bombs dropped than in the entire Gulf war. It is estimated that 3,000 bombs were deployed.

However, I think the military campaign so far has gone well for the military in terms of missile precision. An Iraqi insider tipped off the administration as to the whereabouts of Saddam Hussein supposedly, and the missile launched at the bunker site made solid contact. In the Gulf war, this wouldn’t have happened. It’s nice to know that our defense spending is at least buying missiles that land in the intended target and not just in the intended country.

On a side note, my prayers are with the soldiers and their families. May the war be fast and that the Iraqi democracy is established as soon as possible. I hate to see the war going on and I think it should have been prevented, but now my hope is that it will be concluded as early as possible.