Slightly old news, but lots of interesting tidbits on the wheeling and dealing done with Iraqi leaders to get them to roll over. There was much talk of this plan before the war, and during the war it appeared to have failed, but as the evidence comes out, it looks like things went mostly according to plan. Requesting Republican Guard commanders to park all their vehicles in the middle of the desert and abandon them was probably a bit too much to ask, given the political officers and Fedayeen who would have quickly executed anyone who did so. But when it came time to lay down arms, it appears that they actually did so according to plan.

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