The U.S. ground war to liberate Kuwait is proceeding with surprising speed and success. Thousands of Iraqi prisoners have been taken in the first hours of fighting leaving much equipment destroyed or abandoned in Kuwait. It remains to be seen how much damage the allied air campaign was able to inflict on the Guard, and whether President Hussein will commit his most valued troops to a fight-to-the-death finish. In a speech on March 31, President Bush announced that he had ordered an immediate withdrawal from Kuwait, but only after Saddam Hussein has agreed not to use chemical weapons against his own people. However, allied forces may still suffer greater casualties. Iraq has still not unleashed its stockpile of chemical weapons. Paradoxically, the perception that the U.S. wants to destroy Iraq may increase Saddam's support within the Iraqi military and the Arab world since we didn't back the peace proposals brokered in Moscow.
The U.S. ground war to liberate Kuwait is proceeding with surprising speed and success. Thousands of Iraqi prisoners have been taken in the first hours of fighting leaving much equipment destroyed or abandoned in Kuwait. In a speech on March 31, President Bush announced that he had ordered an immediate withdrawal from Kuwait, but only after Saddam Hussein has agreed not to use chemical weapons against his own people. However, allied forces may still suffer greater casualties. Iraq has still not unleashed its stockpile of chemical weapons. Paradoxically, the perception that the U.S. wants to destroy Iraq may increase Saddam's support within the Iraqi military and the Arab world since we didn't back the peace proposals brokered in Moscow.