NapoleonXIV
Banned
Considering what we had against Saddam and what we now know he had to fight with this might be ASB, but maybe not.
Lets say the US invasion is bungled terribly, untrained people mess things up and the level of US generalship is worse than the beginning of the Civil War. At the same time, some of Saddam's people are worthy successors to Nebuchadnezzar, his EQ is better than in OTL and his people are loyal and well trained with the home advantage (Boy, this IS ASB).
While this doesn't give him victory it certainly slows us down. We begin to take heavy casualties and Baghdad stands up under the bombing. Days become weeks, then months. More troops are sent in and more casualties. Support begins to erode, at home and abroad.
What happens, do we look at Somalia squared and begin to withdraw? and how do we do that if we do? Does Bush keep going, as another Vietnam looms, and his reelection becomes remote?
Do we up the ante? as Bush said was not ruled out, and launch tactical, maybe even strategic, nuclear weapons?
Lets say the US invasion is bungled terribly, untrained people mess things up and the level of US generalship is worse than the beginning of the Civil War. At the same time, some of Saddam's people are worthy successors to Nebuchadnezzar, his EQ is better than in OTL and his people are loyal and well trained with the home advantage (Boy, this IS ASB).
While this doesn't give him victory it certainly slows us down. We begin to take heavy casualties and Baghdad stands up under the bombing. Days become weeks, then months. More troops are sent in and more casualties. Support begins to erode, at home and abroad.
What happens, do we look at Somalia squared and begin to withdraw? and how do we do that if we do? Does Bush keep going, as another Vietnam looms, and his reelection becomes remote?
Do we up the ante? as Bush said was not ruled out, and launch tactical, maybe even strategic, nuclear weapons?