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To: Coop
He did finish the job he started. People just wanted to expand the original mission.

Okay, technically true, as far as booting Saddam out of Kuwait goes. There was, however, a strong implication that a revolution against the Saddam regime would be supported -- and it wasn't. It should have made clear that it wouldn't be, or else it should have been supported.

149 posted on 04/08/2003 11:11:00 AM PDT by algol
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To: algol
There was, however, a strong implication that a revolution against the Saddam regime would be supported -- and it wasn't. It should have made clear that it wouldn't be, or else it should have been supported.

People can argue about what was implied or what wasn't. The President obviously hoped the Iraqi people would rise up against Hussein. So did I. And I expected, after he had served his military up for lunch, that many of his troops would turn on him. Tragically I was wrong.

If GHWB intentionally misled those poor people with no plans to help them, then he would indeed be wrong. But I don't believe he did that. I think given Iraq's poor showing in Kuwait he expected the coup/revolution to succeed. I bet in hindsight he does regret publicly calling for an overthrow.

168 posted on 04/08/2003 11:47:00 AM PDT by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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