Saddam with Kuwait's oil fields and Saudi Arabia's oil fields and some nukes would not be Noriega.
...and if my aunt wore army boots, she'd be my uncle.
He'll be stopped. His dream now is to get through the next two weeks, in one piece. I know it's a necessary part of psyops and the war build-up to demonise Saddam as a dangerous opponent, but surely us Freepers are too well-informed to be seduced by that spin. Unless he has the imagination, and civilian support, to fight a house-to-house war in the cities, this will be a very short campaign.