Slowing the war
A heretical thought: should the US really be in such a hurry to finish the war? If the Republican Guard divisions are offering themselves outside the city, draw the diehards out, the better to destroy them. If the US is to demonstrate its ruthlessness, in a region which respects only power, let's have the demonstration now, rather than during an extended occupation. And, if there is to be killing, let it be a slaughter of the regime's shock troops, well away from the city, and civilians. With the Republican Guard and Baathist party forces destroyed, rather than slipping back into bitter anonymity, reform of Iraq might actually stand a chance.
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