>But we didn't get Saddam the first time. Part of the reason was the fear of what would happen, including the potential for civil war. And as you mentioned we had 5 times as many troops back then.
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>>Personally, I agree that we should have finished the job in 1991. We had five times as many troops in the field and could have wiped out the “elite” republican guard.
If we had finished the job in 1991 then the troops (on both sides) and the civilians who have died in the latest wouldn't have needed to, doing it all over again.
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
