[r9etb]

But let´s just accept that tactics have to change and that we have to forget SnA now. Right?

So ... in your opinion, what is "shock" and what is "awe" in this part of the plan?

Bombing can certainly inspire awe (and dread). But I'm thinking "Shock" hasn't even been used yet.

Consider: we (and the Iraqis) have no idea what's happening to the north and west, and there are large bodies of Allied troops whose whereabouts are completely unknown.

"Shock" is what one feels when those troops suddenly appear where they're not expected.

[Michael81Dus]

Shock is a feeling, when something happens you do not expect. That must not be necessarily the appearance of troops - I can imagine the use of MOAB or the prevent-communication-bomb.
I believe that SnA has been misunderstood by the media. They presented the whole war wrong from the very first shot.