On the one hand, that would give him more time to prepare defenses. On the other hand, the extra wait would further wear down his troops. You can be sure they'll be on full alert tomorrow night. Let them sweat. Keep them at full alert for another day (and night), then perhaps another. It's hard to maintain that kind of alertness for long. Fatique dulls the senses, "mid shift small brain" as we called it in shift work.

Besides, the extra wait could have other benefits. Many of the troops for that equipment being offloaded in Turkey are still here in the States (several thousand of them are here in Colorado Springs). We'd also have another day or two needed to get all of the 101st Airborne's equipment offloaded, checked out, and armed.