[FairOpinion]

Sorry, I meant the mention the other article, which first mentioned the close ties between Iraq & Russia

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/891912/posts

and just keeps getting worse.

Russia wasn't helping Iraq out of the goodness of their hearts, not was giving billions of dollars worth of stuff to them "on credit".

As I said, I am getting more convinced that the Saddam regime was Russia's puppet government and they were getting ready for the time, when Saddam, therefore Russia would control the ME. The easy way Iraq fell, also makes more sense with this assumption.

And I bet that if we had waited another year, it would have been too late.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

As I said, I am getting more convinced that the Saddam regime was Russia's puppet government and they were getting ready for the time, when Saddam, therefore Russia would control the ME. The easy way Iraq fell, also makes more sense with this assumption. That is a very interesting speculation.

But it makes sense!

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #12

The easy way Iraq fell, also makes more sense with this assumption.

I beg to differ here. The reason Iraq fell so easily was because Saddam ruled only by mind-numbing fear. He did not have real charisma, which could inspire people. There was no patriotic ferver around which Iraqis can rally around, even if they hated Saddam.

It should be also considered that Iraq population is basically war-weary.

Incidentally, these two components, mind-numbing fear and war-weariness, also contributed to the swift downfall of Taliban regime in Afghan.