From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:08:47 -0400, Geo.  wrote:

> "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.
>
>

We left Saddam in power because Bush 41 was willing to subordinate US
foreign policy to our "allies," a mistake 43 is not making now.

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Gary Wiltshire

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