[ScottinVA]

We could had overthrown Saddam and his sons, allow one of the Ba’athist Generals to become President. Today, Iraq would be more like Egypt.

That was my hope from the very beginning, and I cringed like hell when the Bush Administration said it was going to wipe away the Ba'athists.

[MinorityRepublican]

That was my hope from the very beginning, and I cringed like hell when the Bush Administration said it was going to wipe away the Ba'athists.

The original plan was to keep the Ba'athist government intact. Then Paul Bremer and CPA decided to expel everybody from the government. All of sudden, you have 100,000 unemployed young men who have nothing better to do with their time.