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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: Les H who wrote (38076)3/12/1999 10:14:00 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) of 67261
 
Bush expected the combined forces of the Shi'ites, Kurds, and democratic opposition, along with potential rivals within the Iraqi establishment, to eventually lead to Saddams downfall. The only way in which he could hold the coalition together was to limit the objective, and besides, the American people were not prepared to occupy Iraq to shore up a successor regime. Bush's expectations were reasonable, and it is still not clear why the regime has continued to this point. One answer is that Saddam had so much built in redundancy in his military establishment that we didn't do nearly as much damage as we thought we had. Another is that there was little preparation or coordination among the opponents of the regime. One can only hope that the years have led to greater planning, and that any new initiatives will not be easily crushed.
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