Reply #14: They didn't even have a Scuds

[nyhuskyfan]

In 1991, they launched dozens of Scud missles. They weren't even organized enough to do mundane things like blow up bridges to slow us down. And when we reached Baghdad, there was nothing there to get in a way.

I've heard interviews with three soldiers who asked about wearing chemical suits or something on the approach to Baghdad, and their commanding officers said, "Don't worry. We don't need them." Now, that could just be the commanding officer trying to eliminate fear in his men, but perhaps the higher-ups in the military knew full well that Saddam's cupboard was bare.