I think people will be surprised at how MANY Iraqi's feel liberated - especially if things go well with the least number of Iraqi casualties as possible. Hopefully when this is over, it looks like more like the largest police action in the history of mankind rather than one of the most lopsided wars in the history of mankind.
Many Iraqis will also be shocked. Imagine seeing Saddam's face on and in every building, on TV every day, on the front of the newspaper every day of your life .. and then suddenly the Uruk King is gone.
War is never predictable. At best, we quickly get Saddam. At worst, the conflict escalates to a neighbor or two and/or we get caught in the middle of a Civil War.
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