[Eva]

The idea of making themselves sitting ducks in a convoy just doesn't compute. There has to be more to it.

[Semper Vigilantis]

Probably SH sending them south to take back Umm Qasr. His ego won't let him believe that they have lost the only port in Iraq. He's probably been watching the news on Iraq-TV (or ABC).

[Doctor Stochastic]

Not really. (According to some British historians) the Japanese saved the Americans lots of mopping up on some of the islands by a suicidal Banzai charge. Maybe the Iraqis will save us some trouble by exposing themselves. Or maybe the Iraqis have the silly idea the Allah is on their side and sent a sandstorm to blind the allies. (Their theology may be as poor as their strategy.)