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Title: How I Invaded Syria
Post by: DicedT on August 29, 2013, 12:08:01 PM
Memo to NATO: do not put me in command. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2013/08/combat_mission_shock_force_simulates_u_s_attack_on_syria_lessons_for_obama.html
Title: Re: How I Invaded Syria
Post by: Centurion40 on August 29, 2013, 02:16:48 PM
Nice.
Title: Re: How I Invaded Syria
Post by: mirth on August 29, 2013, 02:32:25 PM
Time to dust off my copy of CMSF.
Title: Re: How I Invaded Syria
Post by: bayonetbrant on August 29, 2013, 02:45:40 PM
good article, but there is a valid comment in the treads below

QuotePlaying the game reminded me less of the Iraq War, which was a counterinsurgency war of IEDs and raids against militants hiding among the civilian population, and more like the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict, where Israeli armor was savaged by a Hezbollah force using guerrilla warfare tactics and advanced Russian anti-tank weapons in an essentially conventional war. The Syrians are outgunned, but they are numerous, entrenched, and they only need a few lucky shots, a few destroyed American tanks, to win a propaganda victory.

That last sentence is - I think - refering to CMSF and not the '06 Lebanon War.  But the transition is a little jarring and leaves vague whether you're talking about Syrians blowing up American tanks in '06 or in the game.  At least one nit-picker over there tried to poke a hole in your expertise for it.
Title: Re: How I Invaded Syria
Post by: DicedT on August 29, 2013, 02:59:14 PM
Seemed clear to  me, but writers are their own worst editors. I was up late writing this to get it out this morning.

Michael