From: George Sherwood 

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:01:35 +0100, Phil Payne wrote:

>
> "George Sherwood"  wrote in message
> news:pan.2006.03.13.22.37.49.456375{at}beernabeer.com...
>> First one from Foreign Affairs.  Good summary of military thinking in Iraq
>> prior to the war.  For Phil, just ignore any comments about how brutal was
>> Saddam.  We know there is no proof of this for you.
>>
>>
> http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060501faessay85301/kevin-woods-james-lacey-wi
lliamson-murray/saddam-s-delusions-the-view-from-the-inside.html
>
> "Saddam's Delusions: The View from the Inside
>
> [snippage]
>
> THROUGHOUT THE YEARS of relative external peace for Iraq after Operation
> Desert Storm, in 1991, Saddam Hussein continued to receive and give credence
> to optimistic assessments of his regime's prospects dished up by his top
> military officers. Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz described the dictator
> as having been "very confident" that the United States would
not dare to
> attack Iraq, and that if it did, it would be defeated."
>
> GMAFB!  The guy KNEW he had no Air Force, he KNEW he had no air defence and
> he KNEW he had almost no serviceable battle tanks. You really believe shit
> of this magnitude?  He's going to hold off the world's biggest air force
> without a single air superiority fighter in service?

So now Phil is more of an expert on what went on inside of Iraq then Tariq
Aziz.  You are really wasting your time here, get out and share your
expertise with the world.

George

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