How I Invaded Syria

[DicedT]

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

[Centurion40]

Nice.

[mirth]

Time to dust off my copy of CMSF.

[bayonetbrant]

good article, but there is a valid comment in the treads below

Playing 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.

[DicedT]

Seemed clear to  me, but writers are their own worst editors. I was up late writing this to get it out this morning.

Michael