>>>>And why papa Bush didn't finish the work at that time?
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>>I wondered about that from the very beginning. After getting so far, what stopped the U.S. (or the coalition?) from overthrowing the government at that time? I don't know the answer.
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>Now innocent people (the Iraqi people) have to pay for the mistakes made by the Bushes.

The previous Bush did not have the authority to remove Saddam, once implementation of specific UN Security Council resolutions was complete. So I suppose Bush should have overstepped his authority then, so he could be a hero now.

http://www.uiowa.edu/~c030162/Common/Handouts/War/PersianGulf.htm