<It is possible that they may have underestimated the willingness of the herds of thugs that formed Saddam's goon squads to continue fighting, even in absence of Saddam.

Hmm, the Turks, members of NATO, forced US forces to go to the Suez canal, the Red Sea and the Persian gulf, loosing weeks. Yet, Turkey was promised billions of dollars.
Obviously, there are things more important than money, in their minds, things like culture, feeling of belonging to a nation, international laws, etc..

The Iraqis were supposed to welcome the US "liberators" but instead, fight for their country, against an "invader", even if their country is lead by a dictator they hate.

Al Jazeera is showing the arab side of the war, and contrary to 1991, the arab countries don't only get CNN anymore, but a number of similar channels, which helps them making their mind up.

And here, an interesting article.

Saddam, if there are more miscalculations, could become a martyr to the eyes of millions in the area.

Throughout the world, since a few days, thousands of news magazines have been printed with the theme we all know.

I wonder what we'll talk about in 6 months time?

Raoul