<<The U.S. has been trying to get rid of Saddam Hussein for over eight years and has failed miserably>>
Well, this is misleading. Part of the reason Saddam is still in power is because we're not so sure we want to be rid of him. The opposition is just as bad, if not worse (read here: a Shiite Iraqi extension of Iran). For example, Congress has earmarked 100 million for Saddam's removal, none of which has been touched. However, it is possible that the US is actually moving closer to eliminating him, as Shiite opposition recently had a major uprising in S. Iraq where Iraqi military units were hard pressed. Combined with the wounding and near-assassination of Saddam's son the governor of S. Iraq. Stratfor has done an analysis that concludes that Desert Fox was a cover for a coup. The US is known to be working on Saddam's officers (who are moderate Sunnis), and the purge and reorganization of the military there shortly after Desert Fox gives us some clue as to how close its getting to Saddam. By the way, we nearly got him at one of his palaces not to long ago, missed him by a few minutes. But the fact remains that Saddam may be the best we can hope for in Iraq. |
