“I’ve thought about this a lot,” he said. “And there are only two options.” Still Boyd did not respond. Spinney told Boyd of his first plan, which drew only a noncommital grunt. Then Spinney told him of his second idea, which he thought was best: have the Marines feint an amphibious assault at Kuwait and then, while the attention of the Iraqi Army was diverted, make a gigantic left hook far into the desert, then swing north, envelop the Iraqi Army, and annihilate them. “It’s a classic single envelopment,” he said. “Almost a version of the von Schlieffen Plan.” For a long moment there was
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