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To: Bilow who wrote (27403)	4/27/2002 12:05:07 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) of 281500

So Rowan Scarborough thinks that Desert Storm II can be done with only 40% as much ground troops? And I would concur. The difference between Desert Storm and now is that we're seeking the overthrow of Saddam, which will only be truly accomplished through the empowerment of the Iraqi people. Iraq has the world's second largest oil reserves on the planet. And that provides a VERY lucrative rationale for "interested parties" within Iraq to support attempts to overthrow him. Saddam's army is not nearly as large as it was 12 years ago, and our technology is far more potent than it was at that time. The main difficulty is having a base to operate from, and thus far, Turkey appears to be the only one we can rely upon (but only if we deal with the Kurdish issue. We may be able to count on the Kuwaitis, if only for the sake of revenge and giving them a "cut" of the spoils in the disputed border region (where significant oil reserves lie), but I wouldn't completely trust them. Hawk

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