This is debatable on the lives. Three of our allies from 1990 were in Saddam's pocket as was the UN. They would not have joined an alliance to oust Saddam. Neither would the Arabs. Kuwait may have joined, but not Saudi Arabia, Jordan or Syria. Saddam was too popular amongst the proletariat in those countries.
In addition, I have trained and fought with Arab troops. I would not trust most to find their ass with both hands and a road map. The costs are still less than pre-invasion estimates. Our casualties are less than 6% of the 1 year estimate of the plans I saw before the invasion. Russel Madere Webmaster 504.832.9835 SunShine Pages by EATEL www.sunshinepages.com -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 2:58 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Maybe Bush Was Right? > Russel wrote: > Still doesn't sound like would have made the war cheaper, just more > palatable. > Luckily we have a specific data point to sway the debate: When Mr. Bush's father invaded Iraq in the 90s he built a global alliance for the job and the US only paid about 10% of the cost. Mr. Bush, however, differs greatly from his father and decided to take on "the Iraq problem" alone. Consequently not only has the US has paid over 90% of costs of invasion, but the much more costly portion, the reconstruction. Outside of financial costs are US soldiers who are also over 90% of the forces. A global alliance such as Mr. Bush's father built could've probably cut those costs and lives by 50% or more - it did for his father. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148672 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
