The Iraqi army is in full retreat . Saddam has announced that he is ordering it out of Kuwait . Yet even as the military rout continues, U.S. officials are concluding that Saddam Hussein is unlikely to ever accept President Bush's demand that he acquiesce to all United Nations resolutions condemning and punishing Iraq. Iraqi forces appear confused , battle - weary and exhausted . They 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 . Iraqi 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 exhausted . They 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 . Iraqi 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 .