[RWG]

Actually, this pause is exactly the way I would have done things. Circle baggeddead, clean up the rest of the country, and wait until the defense of baggeddead crumbles. Then clean the infection from the wound.

[Rudder]

The coalition strategy regarding Baghdad seems logical. We don't want to slug it out with fixed bayonets in hand-to-hand combat with the Republican Guard--no need to. We also don't want to amass a huge concentration of ground forces within range of chemical weapons. So, we bomb them to hell, each day and night. If the Guard moves against us, they become very visible, and vulnerable, as we bomb them to oblivion. If they retreat back to the city, we bomb them to oblivion. The Guard can continue sit where it is and be taken apart, bit by bit. The Guard is in a very tight--with no supply lines-- and deteriorating spot. No matter what they do, they are doomed.