Posted on 02/23/2002 10:12:57 AM PST by codebreaker
I'm not sure that strategy will work, at least not with the Kurds. We already screwed them once, and I read in an earlier thread that they are not too keen on being the fall guys again.
As far as internal rebellion goes, if I were the rebels, I would want rock-solid assurances that the USA is in for the duration, unlike our performance at the Bay of Pigs. People have a long memory when it comes to this kind of thing.
All that being said, I trust President Bush and his team implicitly to carry out our end of the bargain. I surely hope the dissident Iraqis and the Kurds see it that way.
FReegards,
LOL. Nice one, tracer.
Very risky, surely? Suppose there are reverses.
Will not risk the economic impact of an unstable energy market...pre-election.
Don't be so sure....
'nuff said.
Yes, I posted a vanity in Dec. called "Should we do Saudi Arabia first?" I asked Jim to pull it after it degenerated into a flamefest, but it's still a good question.
I think the powers that be have decided that with Iraq we will get two for the price of one - if we do SA it will make Saddam certain he's next, and create a window of opportunity for all-out WMD deployment if he has any-but if we do Saddam first, the Saudis will get the message, shape up, and we won't have to occupy them.
I'm not sure that's factual, but I think Bush and Rummy believe it, and they get to decide.
Camp Rhino was 650 miles from the beach, but Uncle Sam's Misguided Children found their way there anyway...
My source says that the suppliers have been working 24/7 since October.
Two words: Fidel Castro.
Don't be so sure....
...that there haven't been any of the things done that are necessary for a large scale conflict?
(I note that you left off the final phrase of my sentence referring to that. I wonder why.)
...that is no longer necessary to do those things in preparation?
...that there is even going to be a large scale confict?
Inquiring minds...
I really can't provide any more clarity, sorry.
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