It wasn’t just the military brass. Even the leftist lawyers that littered his administration would have told him the same thing. You can’t leave military personnel in a combat role in a sovereign nation without having a clear agreement on their legal status. Sending soldiers into that kind of environment is an invitation for a large-scale mutiny.
That makes me question your position in our conversation. The military would not "mutiny" under those circumstances. Argue all you want, but I just don't believe it.
Again, I now question why we deposed Saddam and why a Status of Forces agreement was not put in place.