The thinking was that if the fighting turned out to be more difficult than anticipated, forces would continue to flow to Kuwait where they could be used to reinforce the attack. (Quelle: Der Spiegel ONLINE)
IV, 119 haben einst in alten Zeiten die Leute von Pavia gegen die von Ravenna Krieg geführt, et militem marmoreum, qui iuxta Ravennam se continue volvebat ad solem, usurpaverunt et ad eorum civitatem victoriosissime transtulerunt. (Quelle: Jacob Burckhardt - Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien / Sitte und Religion - 4, 4)
Privately, I continue to call it that, but not any longer publicly. (Quelle: Projekt Gutenberg)