1 - the massive oil well fires that some feared have not happened, 7 are said to be on fire in southern Iraq, yesterday it was reported over 1,000 were secured by coalition forces. Most were rigged with explosives.
2 - Israel has not had a single missile fired at it, and with the seizure of the 2 key western airfields, the likelihood it will be dims each day
3 - the Patriot missiles have, according to coalition and Kuwaiti news sources, shot down every missile (including some banned Scuds) except one that I'm aware of - no Iraqi missile has yet hit a target
4 - no WMDs have yet been used by Saddam's forces, possibly due to the fact that (1) the coalition's warning against their use is working (2) air strikes have eliminated a lot of their capability to do so and (3) central command has not yet given the go-ahead to do so, possibly waiting for an invasion of Baghdad
5 - no Al Queda attacks on troops have been reported, possibly because they never intended to in the first place or, after seeing 'shock and awe', they quietly decided not to
6 - outside of Iraq, in the Middle East, there have been protests but no mass uprising, or nations that will support Iraq, as I said and most people probably knew wouldn't happen.
7 - no massive loss of civilian life has occurred due to the specificity of the war plan and the care and planning that went into it - if you doubt this, turn on the major networks and see if any are reporting it (BBC included)
8 - extremely few coalition troops have been lost to date in combat - more have died in nighttime accidents
9 and last - the 2 armored Republican Guard divisions have not yet surrendered - they are being given time to do so - due to the overwhelming precision and force of the coalition, and due to the terrain they are occupying, they cannot avoid being decimated, so I sincerely hope their commanders recognize this and find no shame in surrendering
2 - Israel has not had a single missile fired at it, and with the seizure of the 2 key western airfields, the likelihood it will be dims each day
3 - the Patriot missiles have, according to coalition and Kuwaiti news sources, shot down every missile (including some banned Scuds) except one that I'm aware of - no Iraqi missile has yet hit a target
4 - no WMDs have yet been used by Saddam's forces, possibly due to the fact that (1) the coalition's warning against their use is working (2) air strikes have eliminated a lot of their capability to do so and (3) central command has not yet given the go-ahead to do so, possibly waiting for an invasion of Baghdad
5 - no Al Queda attacks on troops have been reported, possibly because they never intended to in the first place or, after seeing 'shock and awe', they quietly decided not to
6 - outside of Iraq, in the Middle East, there have been protests but no mass uprising, or nations that will support Iraq, as I said and most people probably knew wouldn't happen.
7 - no massive loss of civilian life has occurred due to the specificity of the war plan and the care and planning that went into it - if you doubt this, turn on the major networks and see if any are reporting it (BBC included)
8 - extremely few coalition troops have been lost to date in combat - more have died in nighttime accidents
9 and last - the 2 armored Republican Guard divisions have not yet surrendered - they are being given time to do so - due to the overwhelming precision and force of the coalition, and due to the terrain they are occupying, they cannot avoid being decimated, so I sincerely hope their commanders recognize this and find no shame in surrendering
