[SecondAmendment]

> Why oh why did we ever attack Iraq? Lament.

Iraq invaded Kuwait and threatened to invade Saudi Arabia.

[raiderboy]

OH, no not back in 91. ( I recall no threat to invade Saudi arabia ever by iraq) I was referring to the invasion of Iraq in 13 years later in march of 2003 on the pretext of wmd, where we lost 5000 lives and 40,000 wounded.

[gleeaikin]

We did not attack Iraq in 1991. We responded to fears of Saudi Arabia who feared an attack, and we went in to defend Kuwait. In Feb. 1992 we only entered Iraq for 24 hours and then pulled out. I was watching carefully as my son had been in SA since August 8th or 10th. A complicating factor was that Russia was in upheaval over Gorbachov’s political changes. He was urging Bush not to fight there and was in danger of being overthrown by his own people. Which had almost happened that August. Also by December the Soviet Union was disintegrating. Personally I think we should have fought another 12 to 24 hours, and also included helicopters in the no fly zone. People were also shocked by the “Highway of Death” we created, and even our generals were shocked. The youtube video below is very informative.

http://www.edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/01/16/russia.iraq/index.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/world/middleeast/20archive.html?pagewanted=all&mcubz=0

http://adst.org/2014/08/end-of-an-era-the-august-coup-and-the-final-days-of-the-soviet-union/#.WdKaZ7KGOM8

Bush helped save Gorby but Yeltsin was the big winner: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2026340/Gorbachev-admits-received-tip-U-S-Kremlin-coup—didnt-believe-late.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhmXleZXAr0