ocr: troops moving through a breach in the lines Peterzel/Washington (the breach would be the fourth side of the box). Would it work? Eventually, almost certainly, given the tirepower that U.S.and allied forces can bring to bear on the ground as well as from the air. But. at what cost? Nobody can tell. The first stage of the air war wasr remarkable for its light. allied casualties (nobody has any idea whatIragi casualties are to date).Justmaybe, the ground war mightbe. a surprise for the same reason. Or perhaps for exactly the opposite reason. War remains, as ever, an exercise in the unpredictable. ...