[MigrantOkie]

When Saddam was desperate in the Iran-Iraq war he used chemical weapons, it worked. There are some that have indicated that the threat of the same or worse may have ended the first Gulf War.

[CatOwner]

"When Saddam was desperate in the Iran-Iraq war he used chemical weapons, it worked. There are some that have indicated that the threat of the same or worse may have ended the first Gulf War."

Maybe that's why 9/11 occurred. Saddam has amassed enough chemical weapons to infect the entire Middle East, including our troops. It's almost like he expected us to come to him and he's been waiting for this confrontation.

Or I could just be paranoid! ;)

[Timm]

When Saddam was desperate in the Iran-Iraq war he used chemical weapons, it worked. There are some that have indicated that the threat of the same or worse may have ended the first Gulf War.

Yeah, Tariq Azziz, for one.

We didn't end the first GW because of fear of Iraqis. If we had had the motivation, we could have driven to Baghdad within a day after the still controversial cease-fire. The U.S. army was between the surviving units of the RG and Baghdad. Nothing else was in the way.

We could have run old glory up the pole in short order. If only we had...