>>Basically, in the Gulf wars, the US took out the iraqi airforce in no time and after that basically tanks rolled in pretty much without opposition. I don't th

>>Basically, in the Gulf wars, the US took out the iraqi airforce in no time and after that basically tanks rolled in pretty much without opposition. I don't think any US tanks were lost at all. Much of the conventional troops ended up surrendering. Smart men. No doubt US psy-opps played a part, they must've understood weeks ahead and talked among themselves that it is over, and no worth dying for Saddam (who is not even in our tribe :)) . No doubt top Generals were probably contacted offered X and Y if they surrendered. Giving a General a suitcase of cash is much cheaper than the bullets spent, without adding equipment and lives lost.