NO CAKEWALK
Philip Gordon and Michael O’Hanlon says this has been No Easy Victory, taking direct aim at Ken Adelman’s assertions to the contrary. It seems to me this is indeed a semantic debate. By any reasonable standard of comparison, this has indeed been a major victory achieved with extremely light losses in both American soldiers and Iraqi civilians. They are correct in noting that this was accomplished using overwhelming force rather than, say, a raid-type operation.
