This is a cakewalk so far.
Much has been made of whether the plan is on target or not. Some media pundits have asked "Where are the mass surrenders?" "Did 'shock and awe' fail?
Question. Where did the entire Iraqi regular army go? Maybe 200,000 soldiers with a few handfuls of mechanized and armored divisions.Some estimate up to double that. Did they just go home? Maybe they actually did. I remember in the weeks before the war that Iraqi soldiers were going to be given papers to sign saying they are leaving the battlefield instead of trying to hold 60,000+ POWs like in Gulf War I. Makes sense. Would be a logistical nightmare to hold tens of thousands of POWs for however long this shall last. Who knows? Maybe they are all in civilian clothes hanging out in Baghdad. Maybe they went home to their families like the fliers said. No one seems to comment on this or to know.
The Feyadeen Saddam might be less effective than some well-trained snipers would be. No more terrorizing either.
We'll learn more in the coming weeks and months. History will answer what pundits cannot.
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