here are my predictions:
1. the americans will learn FAST (4-6 weeks) that flying their choppers 2 meters above the heads of thousands of gun holders is wrong, and you will see far less chopper crashes
2. the american troops in the field (not the official tactic - the local bahaviour in the field) will learn FAST that its better to have a bad lawyer than a great priest, i.e. they will fend for their personal lives more than for the constitution, and the direct result of that will be less american soldiers dead or captive (what the media like to call "trigger happy")
3. street fights in baghdad - the americans will try to send in as many kurds as possible (who are joining from the north) and will hire them as "guides" (basically people who walk in the first line) so they will limit their casualties this way
4. hammas, islamic jihad, hizbulah etc. as well as individual muslims throughout the western world will start attacking in a week or two from now. suicide bombs, plain bombs, snipers in the streets etc. - to disrupt normal life in the west
5. the battle over baghdad will be very very bloody in deed.
6. don't be impressed by the number of iraqi deaths. arabs/muslims don't count victories or losses by comparing number of deaths. the only possible "loss" in their minds is the collapse of the regime.
7. therefore, america will win. saddam will lose. iraq will win. moreorless in that order.
8. the world will be very unstable and unfriendly in the next 2-3 years.
9. after this war, two things will happen simultaneously: the israelis and the palestinians will be "forced" to make peace; the coalition forces will threat iran and syria (and maybe lebanon and some elements in palestine) to immediately "reform" and remove WMD.
10. if they won't (and they won't) - there will be some more wars
11. the world is in a deep deep shit for the next 4 years or so.
12. messiah will appear and reveal to us that all this time we were wrong and the french were right
13. the CIA will reveal that it wasn't really the messiah. it was Jacque Chirac dressed as the messiah.
14. the real messiah will have his day of vengence against the french.
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