I agree with you that many civilians will be "shocked" but my point was that it is not the intent of the US military. In fact, I believe that our military will do the best possible to minimize the effects of the war on the civilian population.

By the way, I am not really in favour of the war. But my reasons are different from those who attack "any" US and Israeli actions. But I believe that if in the end US will go to war it has to be "shocking" to the Iraqi military so that they will give up sooner than later.

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>>Again you are twisting facts and presenting them in an anti-American way. US government and military leaders said many times that the purpose of the US military blitz is to induce fear in the iraqi military and NOT in civilian people. And the purpose is to make iraqi military surrender and therefore stop the war with minimum casualties on both sides.
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>The President, the Secretary of State and the Generals can say that "shock and awe" - their declared strategy - is intended ONLY at the military.
>Now tell me, HOW do they intend to hide all this from the civilian population? Surely it's not that civilians are immune from "shock and awe". Are military supposed to be shocked and awed into capitulation while civilians treat it as a fireworks display?