[bert]

....And now at the Airport and no resistance.....

One effective weapon has never been mentioned and that is Bribes. Baksheese , promises.

When you review the chain of events from the Seal capture of the oil terminal to the un blown oil wells, to the WMD factory taken intact with a guided tour by a general, to all the bridges intact, to the dam unblown to now another intact air port...... there can be but one conclusion.

That is, the entire army outside of Baghdad was purchased ante bellum and all these wonderful objectives were handed ove intact as a result of careful subtrafuge and massive bribes.

The historical precedent is Hitler asking the question....."Is Paris Burning?"

[ThinkingMan]

did anyone else see the bizzare sequence that just played out on the bagdad webcam from msnbc? first- night vision shot, lots of traffic. Then the traffic died down. After that night vision shot gone, and what looked like a female reporter standing in front of the camera. Afterwards, there was a large group of men raising rifles into the air, and finally a shot of some guy sitting down. Then he got up, walked off and the background shot is bagdad, without the night vision.

[voicesinthewilderness]

I hate to think negative, but Saddam is the father of many suicide bombings and encourages them. What if he had a plan to wait and draw as many US and colition soldiers as close to Bagdad as he could and then explode the nuclear device or use the chemical.
If he did this he will be looked upon as the ultimate suicide bomber by all fanatics.
I just pray that I am wrong and this never happens. But I think the man is desperate if still alive and will do this.
I am sure our leaders have thought of this.

[hchutch]

When did that WMD factory get turned up?

Where did the tour air?