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Originally Posted by Graebarde
This thread title made me start thinking about HOW are some of the units supported by 2000. The one are in particular is the CentCom area. It's DESERT that relys on irrigation for it's meager output. I just can not see how the large force in the Gulf region is subsisting. There can't be THAT many goats left by 2000. Everyone is geared to the amount of fuel the area still has for the equipment (something I find hard to swallow sometimes too in light of the TDM nuclear exchange that targeted refineries) but NEVER the fuel for the two legged boots on the ground. Ideas?
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I'd wager there's a lot of seafood trade going on in the gulf region. Plus the whole "fertile crescent" area is called that for a reason.
I'm not sure how true the stories are but I have heard tell of US troops being fed by then-grateful Iraqis in 2003 - because our units had outrun supply lines and were short on food...so when you consider that Iraq was being starved from within and without and they were feeding our troops (again, not sure how true this is or isn't), it seems they know something about growing food in those areas.