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Shock and Awe
I had a look at the Conservative Republican community that Dave mentioned. There is a great deal there about the idea that the "Coalition of the Willing" will be welcomed as liberators. There doesn't seem to be much evidence of that at the moment. No uprising so far by the Marsh Arabs. Resistance seems to be surprisingly strong. Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised. But then the whole point of the war was to liberate the Iraqi people (the Iraqis have no creditable WMDs). Of course, it could be like the situation in the War against the Taliban win 2001 where the Taliban suddenly collapsed overnight. But what happen to the shock and awe? Did the US decide not to launch wave upon wave of cruise missiles because it couldn't afford it or it wanted to preserve the missiles for the attack on Iran or because the Iraqis were jamming the GPS signal?
One of the CR goons talked about the "Scuds" that had been launched at Kuwait. But there weren't Scuds. If they were Scuds, they'd be launched at Israel. He also mentioned the giant chemical weapon factory that had been captured. But how do we know that it is a chemical weapon factory and not, say, a baby milk factory. And if there is a bloody great chemical weapons factory that the US has known about all along, why did didn't they (a) bring this up earlier; (b) tell the weapons inspectors about this.
In a week, it might all be over and none of this will really matter. Or there could be weeks or months of guerrilla warfare or street fighting. It'll be interesting to see. Let's just hope that the London front does not get opened up.
One of the CR goons talked about the "Scuds" that had been launched at Kuwait. But there weren't Scuds. If they were Scuds, they'd be launched at Israel. He also mentioned the giant chemical weapon factory that had been captured. But how do we know that it is a chemical weapon factory and not, say, a baby milk factory. And if there is a bloody great chemical weapons factory that the US has known about all along, why did didn't they (a) bring this up earlier; (b) tell the weapons inspectors about this.
In a week, it might all be over and none of this will really matter. Or there could be weeks or months of guerrilla warfare or street fighting. It'll be interesting to see. Let's just hope that the London front does not get opened up.