It expects that tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers will surrender to the U.S. and its allies over the next few days. If the allies succeed, Saddam Hussein will have (plunged) his country first into a fruitless eight-year war against Iran and then into a humiliating war against the U.S. and the allies to defend his conquest of Kuwait, leaving much of his country's military establishment and modern infrastructure in ruins.  
 Verb: plunged
Yes