Agence France-Presse reporting on First Iraqis surrender:
FIFTEEN Iraqi soldiers have crossed the border into Kuwait and surrendered to US troops, a US officer said.
The 15 were handed over to Kuwaiti police after laying down their arms and giving up, said Captain Darrin Theriault, headquarters company commander of the First Brigade of the US Army's Third Infantry Division.
Well, it has begun and the conscripts are already surrendering. The draftees (except those conscripts unable to surrender) will likely surrender in droves, as they have no vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Career military, however, will stay on until close to the end, surrendering at the last possible moment. Losing this war means a career change for them.
The same thing happened in 1991 when I was there. The draftees just want to go home and make sure that their families are okay, while the career military kept retreating further and further into Iraq. Fortunately, Barry McCaffrey isn't there to fire on them while they surrender.
Agence France-Presse link courtesy of Hit & Run.