SavannahMann
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No. Sorry but you changed the question.
It would have been relatively easy to win militarily, but the politicians tried to win the peace.
Think back to Desert Storm. That was lasted only a few days because we got in there, kicked ass, restored Kuwait to it's former status, and destroyed enough of Saddam's army to prevent him from doing it again. We never even attempted to do to Iraq what was attempted in Afghanistan.
Interesting. I honestly think that is interesting. Because I remember history. Especially that which I lived. And I distinctly recall that we were blamed for not finishing the job in 1991.
We Didn't Finish The Job
As the sun went down on the hundredth hour of the ground war, a captured Iraqi general told his American interrogator: "You have destroyed the body of the snake, but you missed the head." The defeated general may not have been a great troop leader, but his assessment of the war's outcome was on
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I also remember that not finishing the job in Desert Storm was one of the reasons we had to go in for act two.
Now that twenty years have passed and the predictable results are undeniable we hear the story changing. Desert Storm was the smart play after all.
From a disaster that required us to leave troops in Saudi to keep an eye on Saddam who we should have removed. It has evolved into a smart move that saved us.
Remember Bush being blamed for Khobar Towers? If HW had finished the job the troops wouldn’t have been there.
It is interesting the way our perception of history changes.