one officer was distraught. "You have just made a big mistake, Colonel," he intoned. "When you try to kill a snake, you must strike the head, not the body. You should have done to Saddam what you did to Noriega." Another told his debriefer with sadness in his voice, "If you had sent your troops to Baghdad, the people would have welcomed them as liberators, and Saddam's security forces would have melted away. You have missed your big chance."
Will it be different this time; with the French interfering?
Our conditions for Iraq's surrender are what? They are not unconditional.
Suppose Iraq surrenders after 24 hours, offering no resistance on condition that all Allied forces stay put? How will Bush proceed?