Offensive? Hell yes. But not to
Tommy Franks.
Determined to spur his ground war commanders to renew the push toward Baghdad, General Franks flew to General McKiernan's headquarters in Kuwait on March 31, [2003] where he delivered some harsh criticism. . . .
One of the most critical moments of the meeting came when General Franks indicated he did not want to be slowed by overly cautious generals concerned about holding casualties to a minimum, though no one had raised the issue of casualties. To dramatize his point, according to one participant, General Franks put his hand to his mouth and made a yawning motion.
To date, 2,313 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq, along with 206 in the coalition forces, and perhaps as many as 37,754 Iraqis. But there's no official tally of that. "We don't do body counts," says Franks. Yawn.