The Iraqi army is in full retreat. Saddam has announced that he is ordering it out of Kuwait. But the US and Britain are still fighting a war against Iraq. Prisoners are growing rapidly. U.S. casualties are minor; however, we still have not faced the elite Iraqi Republican Guard. The U.S. is intent on putting an end to Saddam as both a military threat and an Arab hero without making him a martyr through U.S overkill. U.S. officials are prepared to cope with a hostile Saddam after the liberation of Kuwait but are hopeful that forces within Iraq will topple him within weeks or months.
The Iraqi army is in full retreat. Saddam has announced that he is ordering it out of Kuwait. Iraqi forces appear confused, battle-weary and leaderless. Prisoners are growing rapidly. U.S. casualties are minor; however, we still have not faced the elite Iraqi Republican Guard. The U.S. is intent on putting an end to Saddam as both a military threat and an Arab hero without making him a martyr through U.S overkill. U.S. officials are prepared to cope with a hostile Saddam after the liberation of Kuwait but are hopeful that forces within Iraq will topple him within weeks or months.