Once the 3d gets behind these divisions there isn't a damn thing anyone can do to stop them except go nuclear. The mindset of this regime is such that they still can't comprehend the significance of what is happening here.
We are driving 60 ton vehicles 300 miles ACROSS the DESERT (not improved roads or highways) just to get to the fight. They aren't being hauled by heavy equipment movers-they are being DRIVEN.
Part of shock and awe, for those "in the know." The military leadership of iraq is lost.