“They’ve still got about 15 days to go to match the American ‘lightning capture’ of Baghdad.
In Iraq during March/April 2003 there was no separate Air campaign, as both Air and Ground operations were conducted simultaneously. The start of operation Iraqi Freedom on March 20th, 2003 to the capture of Baghdad on April 9th, 2003 was 16 days, or two weeks and two days, not over three weeks as you implied.
“Didn’t roll through in a rout”
Ukraine has a land mass that is about 38% larger than Iraq, with a population that is about 3% larger than Iraq. The air distance from Belarus to the capitol of Kiev for the invading Russian forces is around 140 miles, as compared to the air distance from Kuwait to Baghdad which is 346 miles. The US and Coalition Forces totaled 177,194 for the initial invasion in March 2003 - consisting of around 130,000 US forces, 45,000 British, 2,000 Australian and 194 Polish commandos. The Russians are estimated to have around 190,000 troops deployed around Ukraine, not all committed in the initial assault.
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The coalition also had a far superior army, compared to Russia. At the end of the day, for the coalition, 15 days were fine. Russia needed to just roll into the Ukraine and take over.