Name: Anonymous 2004-12-25 13:15
the friendly iraqis would have been immediately freed and not murdered by saddam when we pulled out in 1991
it would have set an example for the other mid east dictatorial oil states.... and their populations would have naturally gravitated toward revolution if iraq was freed the first time around and made an example of
thats generally what you do once you declare war on a country.... once you win, you regime change them
the arab world only respects when you kick their ass.. not when you run away
so i say bush sr failed, in a shortsighted decision not to go a few hundred miles into a baghdad and take down saddam aswell, in 1991...
it would have sparked an iraqi popular revolution and we would be dealing with very few, if any.. insurgent fighters today
btw the troops we currently have in iraq were double in `91...
we are working at roughly 50% capacity vs the previous war
in 91 bush sr. pulled out for political reasons, appeasing the saudis was a large part of that decision...
also bathists in syria and iran would fear a crusade, we would be forced to clean up the entire middle east from the bath party/radicalized islam/wahab/saudi
(this is what we are having to do now anyway - with half the troops though)
plus, bush sr's advisers knew about the 3 separate factions in iraq that would each want a 'freed' country for themselves... policing a civil war wouldnt be fun, so we didnt finish the job
we completely destroyed his regimes military and could have finished the regime change with not too much effort from that point
but since we gave saddam back his country... (oh sorry, did we just kick your ass? nm later, pz)
saddam just killed all the known revolutionaries later when no one was looking..
the same people who _would have_ welcomed us like the french if we went to finish baghdad in 1991
the hole we are in now, if you trace it back... leads to one political decision george bush sr made based on particular affiliations in 1991... during which time he had double the troops we have now, and a mostly willing population in the streets
we added 3-5 years to this little expedition by procrastinating
oh no~
but 20/20 is hindsight lol
it would have set an example for the other mid east dictatorial oil states.... and their populations would have naturally gravitated toward revolution if iraq was freed the first time around and made an example of
thats generally what you do once you declare war on a country.... once you win, you regime change them
the arab world only respects when you kick their ass.. not when you run away
so i say bush sr failed, in a shortsighted decision not to go a few hundred miles into a baghdad and take down saddam aswell, in 1991...
it would have sparked an iraqi popular revolution and we would be dealing with very few, if any.. insurgent fighters today
btw the troops we currently have in iraq were double in `91...
we are working at roughly 50% capacity vs the previous war
in 91 bush sr. pulled out for political reasons, appeasing the saudis was a large part of that decision...
also bathists in syria and iran would fear a crusade, we would be forced to clean up the entire middle east from the bath party/radicalized islam/wahab/saudi
(this is what we are having to do now anyway - with half the troops though)
plus, bush sr's advisers knew about the 3 separate factions in iraq that would each want a 'freed' country for themselves... policing a civil war wouldnt be fun, so we didnt finish the job
we completely destroyed his regimes military and could have finished the regime change with not too much effort from that point
but since we gave saddam back his country... (oh sorry, did we just kick your ass? nm later, pz)
saddam just killed all the known revolutionaries later when no one was looking..
the same people who _would have_ welcomed us like the french if we went to finish baghdad in 1991
the hole we are in now, if you trace it back... leads to one political decision george bush sr made based on particular affiliations in 1991... during which time he had double the troops we have now, and a mostly willing population in the streets
we added 3-5 years to this little expedition by procrastinating
oh no~
but 20/20 is hindsight lol