That’s why I didn’t mention Saddam’s sons; Uday was pushed out as heir, but Qusay was installed and he would have attacked us either way since Qusay didn’t have Saddam’s healthy fear and respect of the US like Saddam did. I am sure that hte military would have taken them out, or tried, but Qusay had control of the secret police and was smarter and a lot more intellectual than Uday, who was a sadistic and typical firstborn of most (if not all) dictators.
There was a coup attempt alleged against the military, and Saddam’sregime exectuted some 22 of the top brass, if I recell correctly. What’s the old saying, to scare the monkeys, kill a rooster.