[johnb838]

General Tommy Franks said pretty much the same thing. We know the flanks are a bit exposed but the Iraqis have nothing to hit them with that can stop them. Yes, Basra was leapfrogged. Yes, it is quite a dangerous place. We have the oil fields, terminals, and ports. We don't really need the population centers right away.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

[Air Force Born]

This looks a bit like Lee's advance into Pennsylvania. If he had had the kind of technological supperiority that the US commanders enjoy, especially intelligence data, we'd all be speaking Southern by now.