<<My guess is, the decision-makers thought our troops would be stumbling over hundreds of WMD (after being shelled with chemical weapons as they approached Baghdad), so the evidence for WMD would be obvious and overwhelming, and there would be no need to search for it >>>
Thats pretty good guessing.
We had planned and prepared for war- a real one. For 10000 casualties, for blown bridges, for 800 burning oil wells, for suicide attackers. For a need for reinforcements and months of battle. For aircraft loses. For gas attacks
For months of fighting in 120 heat.
We had plans A, B, C, and D.
Then Saddam had to spoil it all by failing to have a backup communication system with his armies and lost all control over their actions, with mass confusion and collapse as a result.
Does anyone remember or appeciate today the lives, the bridges, the oil fields saved by General Franks actions ? Only those in the Military, it seems..
Wonder how many days we have to allow for the next War, before having to implement a peace plan.?
Five days, maybe a couple of weeks?
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