>>Nope.
>>By declaring war, you are implying that you'll , one way or another, take down the leader. So element of surprise is gone and the leader is on the run in hiding.
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>>If you're referring to the Iraq war, remember, with Iraq, the first gulf war never ended. It was just a cease fire.
>Oh, ok. I didn't realise it was just intermission. I withdraw my 'semantics' comment. ;)
Right. Commercial break if you will. Otherwise, the short attention span of the Amercians get restless. :)
Duration of the cease fire was all up to Saddam depending on whether he was cooperating with the UN.
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