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...crucial to the plan, since the Bush team counted on those images to help persuade Saddam's army to surrender, inspire civilians across the country to rise against the regime and defuse global opposition to the U.S. campaign. Iraqis may yet exhibit gratitude, but the "rose petal and rice" scenario hasn't materialized yet. This doesn't hurt too much on the battlefield, but it is a real setback in the political arena...
Military officials still believe that Saddam will attempt to use weapons of mass destruction against coalition forces once his resistance becomes futile; one clue may have been the thousands of chemical-weapons-protection suits coalition forces found in abandoned Iraqi bunkers. Another harrowing scenario is that if an extended siege of Baghdad failed to break Saddam's hold on power, the U.S. would be forced to send its forces downtown to get him. Since Mogadishu, the U.S. has significantly improved its urban-combat readiness, training soldiers how to fight in claustrophobic environments in which 90% of the targets are less...
...defies imagination to think that after Saddam Hussein there could be a democratic Iraq that would serve as a model for other Arab countries and revolutionize the Middle East. Unfortunately, a more likely scenario is that the many factions in Iraq--the Kurds, Shi'ites and numerous tribal groups--would all vie for power. In a postwar Iraq, U.S. troops would be caught up in factional strife and subjected to a devastating campaign of terrorism. Are we prepared to deal with that possibility? H. DAVID TEITELBAUM Redwood City, Calif...
...problem for the world, he holds together a country that may sink into anarchy and chaos after he is gone. The Kurds, Shi'ites and different Sunni Arab tribes may try to set up their own countries or may fight for control of the government, a scenario that would have an enormously negative impact on the entire Middle East. SAYYED AHMAD MAZZIDI Isfahan, Iran...
...optimistic scenario for a quick and relatively painless victory over Saddam's forces appears to be receding, as the "shock-and-awe" concept gives way to a more conventional contest of division-strength armored formations. Despite Iraqi resistance, it's a showdown that can only have one outcome - but what may well be decided in the coming days is the time-frame and human cost of regime-change in Iraq...