At 11:43 AM 9/3/01 +0200 Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
>> Look at the situation at that time. As Gautam had pointed out, the US
>> won every major battle of that war. When it was outnumbered 10-1, it
>> still won.
>> Why would Bush Sr. have ordered a halt if he wanted to take over Iraq.
>
>The reason I have heard for this is that with Saddam Hussein in place, at
>least the world will know what to expect. If Hussein were replaced, it would
>be impossible to tell beforehand what might happen. Maybe the new president
>would be a wonderful guy who would bring democracy to Iraq -- or maybe he
>would be even worse than his predecessor.
There are other theories. There are reports that towards the end of the
Gulf War, Hussein launched a Scud Missile into an uninhabited portion of
the Israeli desert. According to Stratfor.com, this missile was found to
contain an empty canister that was configured to deliver a payload of
biological weapons. Stratfor.com theorizes that this was a "note" from
Saddam Hussein that if the Allies pushed to Baghdad, he would blow his wad.
>> If the US wanted to or wants to invade Iraq, there is no amount of
>> spending within the capacity of Iraq's leadership that would allow it
>> to repel such an invasion. Thus, one cannot logically conclude that
>> the US is forcing it to spend money on defense.
>
>Iraq might not be able to repel an US invasion, but it might very well
>consider itself forced to increase spending on their military to be able to
>at least put up a fight. ("We won't win, but we won't go down without a
>fight").
>
>Let's scale it down for a moment: you have a knife, and someone attacks you
>while holding a gun. Will you just let yourself get killed, or will you put
>up a fight, even though your attacker has superior weapons?
How about I simply hand over my wallet?
Saddam Hussein was not forced to do anything. All Hussein has to do is
give up his nuclear program.
>But how can you be sure that the CIA does not ignore that law and continues
>to destabilize countries and assassinate US-unfriendly leaders? By its very
>nature, the activities of any Intelligence Service are not disclosed to the
>public. You can not even be sure that the CIA reports *everything* it does
>to the government.
In the United States, the CIA is required to report all of its doings to
the President and a special panel of Congress.
JDG
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