The officials said Iraq has sent about 250 tanks and 15,000 troops toward the Jordanian border. Despite the claim by some here on FR that Iraq is a weak force because they got their butts kicked by the US during desert storm, this is a very serious matter. Some have hinted that Israel would use tactical nukes but those will come into play only if the advance cannot be halted by conventional means. The line drawn in the sand is at the border. Once again, the United States will ask Israel to stand back while the Americans destroy some perfectly good armor.
Nobody wants Israel to get into another shooting war, the danger of escalation is too great.
Looks like we were as efficient at bombing Iraq as we were in bombing the Serbians. The Jordanians will protect their territory, themselves. The King has absolutely no intention of allowing Saddam Hussein to use the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as a staging area. There is only one highway, gravel a lot of it, which leads from eastern Jordan across the desert, to Baghdad. This also is the highway which this purported tank force would be using.