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prolly they somewhat expected somewhat hoped it would be a short and relatively bloodless affair if they could storm in quickly but tread softly, it wasn't so they changed gears to a more conventional approach.
as for the length of the campaign, need to subtract 3 days of negotiations and failed or sabotaged evacuations. there's a 4th attempt at evacuations today so that's another day into the sink.
our strategy is clear, tho. drag this on and hopefully turn it into another afghanistan.