[Sith]

After rereading my post I want to clarify my comment on the Russians a little more.

I was commenting more on the strategic mobility of the American armor force; not the Russian's. In reality, could the 82nd Airborne beat up on the Russian contingent? Yes. However, at that point the shooting was over and the US was not about to fight the Russians. The fight had become diplomatic and the Russians had armor on the ground. In a diplomatic fight it does not matter as much what kind of armor, or even so much to quantity, what is needed is some kind of parity. Had the US been able to rapidly plant some form of armor on the ground the outcome might have shifted a little. As it was the Russians had diplomatic leverage on the US. Hence, the comment on impacting diplomacy.