Re: Some things will never be known
mason's theory is that US forces gained ground quickly to deny iraq the staging areas from which to launch wmd scuds and stuff, as they did in first gulf war.
i said that an alternate theory is that US forces gained ground quickly to secure the oilfields, and keep them from going up in smoke, as saddam implemented a scorched earth policy in first gulf war.
in both these scenarios, the pause in the ground war, after securing the objectives, is not indicative of any failure or misplanning, which i believe was masons point.
i was just addding to his theory, noting that it didnt necessarily rely on wmd. (obviously they can both be right; however, i was just saying that even if it later comes out that US knows that iraq has no usable wmd, he can still be right.)
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