As to not being a war of attrition, I have difficulty seeing any other way when tens of thousands of troops are being attacked in their home city. That's the kind of fighting that looks like Stalingrad. The reason Desert Storm never got to that point is that Saddam's forces were defeated and destroyed in detail well outside of any cities. That's not going to be the case this time around.

Who was it who has predicted this scenario a few threads ago?

No, no, no. Bobert, the name who comes to Teribus' mind here as the first obvious choice is the wrong answer (though Bobert has predicted 'house to house' street fighting).

'Forum Lurker' is the correct response here.

'Karl Marx' too has kind of predicted a Stalingrad but who takes him serious?

Wolfgang