From: "Geo." 

"John Beamish"  wrote in
message news:414455ba$1{at}w3.nls.net...

> Second, in the "what would have happened if only ..."
parallel universe:
> what would have happened if only the coalition forces had continued through
> to Baghdad and then overthrown Saddam at that time?  My feeling is that the
> chaos in Iraq which we are seeing now is exactly the sort of chaos that
> would have happened then.  The US and its coalition partners made the right
> decision to end the war when they did.  Iraq was defeated, contained and
> presented no threat to the region or the coalition.  That situation, as
> documented by Blix, continued up to the present day.

I don't agree, we made a mistake back then. We never should have agreed to
a cease fire agreement that left saddam in power. You don't fight a war and
win it, especially such a decisive win, then leave the current leaders in
power. You only do that when you can't win the war.

Geo.

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