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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: jlallen who wrote (84340)7/28/2000 9:30:08 AM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
If the Arab allies did not want to play, too bad.

The Arab allies were providing the forward bases that would have supported the invasion. The provision of those bases was delicately negotiated with full knowledge of the political difficulty that an American presence posed for the Saudis, and was contingent on Saudi approval of the scope of operations. To have launched an invasion of Iraq from Saudi Arabia without the approval of the Saudis would have meant violating an agreement with a vital ally, and would have placed the Saudi government in an insupportable political position.

Look what is has cost in terms of human life and military expenditures we continue to make in the region due to Saddam's provocation.

We've spent a long time looking for a way to get forward basing rights in the Middle East. Saddam provided us with an excuse. He did us a favor, in some ways.

In terms of cost benefit analysis, Bush Sr. blew the calculation.

Wrong. The potential risk of destabilizing the Saudi government was far in excess of the threat posed by Saddam. Saddam is a minor annoyance. A resurgent anti-American Muslim fundamentalist movement in Saudi Arabia is the stuff of which nightmares are made.

our foreign policy should always be carreid out with our (US) interests as top priority.

Maintaining a cozy relationship with a secure, conservative regime in Saudi Arabia holds a far higher priority in our hierarchy of interests than dealing with Saddam.
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