Twas to be a war without military precedent - just total overwhelming shock and awe. Which is probably why no-one bothered to worry about supply lines, put military police on the case, and do all that boring stuff you do in normal wars.

Troll, where do you dream up such drivel? Even if they were in a temperate climate your claim that ammo is more important than water would be risible. You make much of mental stress affecting even those in excellent physical shape, yet blithely dismiss the significance of food and water in the whole equation.My guess is that morale would be getting fairly low even if the squaddies were getting properly fed.

If it's not surprising that supply lines are a problem, why was the problem not anticipated and sorted? And if there is no problem, why are Rumsfeld and the military passing the buck back and forth with such alacrity? Face it, the show's gone belly up, and there's no easy way out of the mess.

Troll, If you're willing to come back to this thread in three months' time (say end June), I will too - and take my lumps if I turn out to have read the signs wrong.