As a Veteran of Gulf War Part I, and who knows how many parts there will be? This can continue like Rocky ! Anyways, I digress... the Division I was with, and the Brigade I was in, we WEREN'T OUTSIDE THE GATES OF BAGHDAD ! WE COULDN'T SEE THE CITY ! NOPE, WE WERE NEVER THERE ! When the ABORT ORDER came over the radio, you could hear a collective "*** !" throughout the valley we were dug into, that wasn't over the radio. It took several hours for us to finally move instead of the "Get your asses out of there now" directive.
This entire region would be a completely different place than what it is now.
Talk about Shock and Awe ! We nut rolled these idiots and the supposed Legendary Republican Guard ! They ran like cock roaches, and we stomped them as such.
We allowed Hussein to rebuild his forces, resupply his military and gain the sympathies of surrounding nations and "freedom fighters" which has made this current fight much more difficult.