[ReaganGeneration2]

28 damned years

I remember the reason that GHWB stopped the troops at Kuwait (or was stopped): because taking out Sadaam would create a vacuum and destroy the balance and empower Iran. Well, look what happened.

[Theophilus]

We shouldn't feel too bad. The Shites always had the demographic numbers and like Mark Styen says: "the future belongs to those who show up."