I'm no expert on the military.
There are plenty on this forum who have
military experience, or are in it now, but I do recall that in a fight, any fight, "you do not telegraph your moves, or your opponent will throw the first punch when he feels he has the advantage."

It concerns me that when the Pentagon starts to assemble US army
divisions on the ground in Kuwait,
and assemble aircraft carrier task forces
in the Persian Gulf, Saddam may strike first...with WOMD.
And knowing "Murphy's Law", what may go wrong, may go wrong against the US
military at first.
EXAMPLE: Murphy's Law may strike assembled US forces with maybe something as simple as a prolonged huge desert duststorm that
may TEMPORARILY neutralize US airpower, and airborne/spaceborne imaging, giving Saddam the terrible
opportunity to strike at assembled US ground forces in Kuwait before the duststorm dissipates.

Jacob