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To: DavesM who wrote (695302)	8/4/2005 5:10:10 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "Buddy is correct, there were over a million people killed during the Iran/Iraq War. We know this because both the Iraqis and Iranians acknowledge the number (and both sides acknowledge that Iraq used Chemical Weapons to stop the Iranians - and Kurds)." Thanks, Dave. I think wstera was possibly EXTREMELY CONFUSED, and in his mind got his wars mixed up. (Perhaps he now knows that there was a Gulf War before Desert Storm....) Re: Of course it's not clear that after the Iran/Iraq war, Saddam's army was "trashed". Yah, but I didn't say that. What I said was: "... followed by the trashing of his remaining military by the US in Desert Storm" But --- if I may be allowed to 'revise and extend my remarks' <G>, I'd go back and say that the first Gulf War seriously depleted his military potential, and his political position (he narrowly survived, according to the CIA) but --- as you properly note --- he resupplied and restructured and rebounded, to the extent he was capable of, prior to his military's 'trashing' in Desert Storm.

To: DavesM who wrote (695302)	8/5/2005 4:48:30 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 769670

My bad. Buddy had so many misstatements in those few words that it appears I misunderstood him on that one point. The only "Gulf War" I am familiar with (as are most other folks) was the Gulf War in 1991 (AKA The Persian Gulf War). Hostilities ended with the signing of the "Gulf War Cease Fire Agreement". The 7+ year long Iran/Iraq War is commonly known as the Iran-Iraq war, which was NOT a "10 year war". I took his "10 year Gulf War" to mean the Gulf War to remove Saddam from Kuwait. I figured he included the time of subsequent presence there to enforce the Gulf War Cease Fire Agreement in his 10 year assertion. So yes, I misunderstood his unusual, uncommon phrasing. My real problem was with his other inaccurate assertions which I did address in my first reply to Buddy.