[kearnyirish2]

The Arabs specifically wanted him to remain in power with clipped wings; they wouldn’t join us if toppling him was the goal.

The aftermath of Gulf War II is our shame...

[rbg81]

he Arabs specifically wanted him to remain in power with clipped wings; they wouldn’t join us if toppling him was the goal.

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Yes, not directly. But there was this idea that he would lose credibility and the Iraqi people would rise up a depose him. Obviously that did not happen. The Sunnis depended on his regime for dominance.