In the first full week of April, 2003, George W. Bush authorized U.S. and allied forces to begin Operation Iraqi Freedom to depose Saddam Hussein once and for all. The invasion campaign itself, led by General Tommy Franks, was a marvel at the time in speed and lethality as Baghdad was surrounded and penetrated within six days, far sooner than many military experts thought possible. The more pessimistic pundits feared it would take weeks into months, and would devolve into a house-to-house quagmire. The initial campaign, at least, surpassed the most optimistic of predictions.
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