> The Iraqis are smartly attacking the supply lines -- the longest supply
> lines in American history.
What's unprecedented is not their length, give or take a few miles. What's unprecedented is that they run along a string of cities that we've bypassed rather than subdue. That's what departs drastically from normal military strategy.
It's not entirely unprecedented. Rommel did it. But he's kind of the exception that proves the rule. It proved to be a significant weakness for him.
Michael