Saddam plans urban campaign if U.S. attacks - LA Times

Reuters | 8/08/02

[Tallguy]

But I don't see how house-to-house fighting is inevitable.

I'm not saying that it is, but you must plan for it -- we agree on that. In an urban environment it would only take a small percentage of diehards to inflict a lot of casualties, particularly when using unconventional weapons.

[Stavka2]

But I don't see how house-to-house fighting is inevitable. Why should anyone in Iraq be more loyal to Saddam than the Romanians were to Ceaucescu? He's been vicious, cruel, horrible beyond belief and they know it

You don't account for human nature. In Romania, it was Romanians who overthrew and killed Ceaucescu...they were cleaning house. In Iraq it will be a foreign enemy from the West with a foreign, hated religion who comes to do it. Different reality.

[Stavka2]

Especially when you throw in the American lack of patients and demand for quick results, there will be a lot more pressure on the generals to do something and do it quick. Aka: take Baghdad by force.

[Tallguy]

Especially when you throw in the American lack of patients and demand for quick results...

You've put your finger squarely on the problem. Saddam realizes that "Time" is his ally, not ours. He's hoping that we'll do something rash.

[finnman69]

Look at the goobers they are planning on using to defend themselves with. I love the explosive guys. Maybe they will blow themselves up before we get there.

We are supposed to be scare dof this??????

[SunkenCiv]

From 2002 -- in retrospect, looks like the only urban campaign (besides the foreign street thugs in Iraq) was carried out by Cindy Sheehan, MoveOn, A.N.S.W.E.R., and the two consecutive losing campaigns by the DNC.