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It would probably be better to do a simple fact check before going on a dubious grand narrative :

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/world/middleeast/20archiv...

> After prodding by Mr. Gorbachev, Mr. Hussein had offered to withdraw Iraqi troops from Kuwait in 21 days. But the United States appeared to be moving ahead with its land campaign.

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21 days seems like a delay tactics since it took Iraqi troops just two days to invade.

Iraq was able to "complete" its invasion and decapitation of military command & control in two days because the Kuwaitis were massively under prepared. After that you then need to consolidate your position and that would be days if not weeks of deploying troops and their equipment deeper into the country.

So after seven months of occupation there's probably a heap of logistics required to extricate and decamp your forces & equipment that likely isn't going to happen even in 10-15 days.

It probably took them longer to prepare than just 2 days.

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