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2005-12-09 Iraq

What If... ...Saddam were still in power?

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Posted by .com 2005-12-09 02:21|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 .com,
One thing the post didn't mention was that one side in that civil war - or, God help us, both - would have had WMDs of one sort or another, most likely chemicals.
Pretty easy to imagine who would have been called in to clean up THAT mess.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2005-12-09 08:38|| 2005-12-09 08:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Saddam is an idiot, plain and simple.

If he was smart he would have invaded Kuwait and left the city alone, just taken the oil. Schwarzkopf and Powel both said they would not have supported war in such a scenerio, that wasn't hard to predict.

Then work behind the scenes with Israel/Turkey. He could have found Syrian forces along the Northern and Southern borders when Iraqi tanks raced into Damascus from the East. With Syria he frees Lebanon and gives them the opportunity to join the new Caliphate, his Caliphate. Along with Kurdistan, Sunnistan, and Shiastan. If Lebanon won't join they will naturally be the playground of Hizbollah and the Pals, that is there choice.

He could have been THE Arab leader and built up his wealth and troops and ability to attack Iran again if the time came.

But then he's stupid and found himself in a rat hole with a handful of French promises.

Posted by rjschwarz">rjschwarz 2005-12-09 10:32|| 2005-12-09 10:32|| Front Page Top

#3 It's not too late to reverse what's been done so far. Just follow the Democrats' lead.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-12-09 11:30|| 2005-12-09 11:30|| Front Page Top

#4 This all sounds like a reasonable speculation but I'm sure things would have dramatically improved once Saddam passed the Shafra to his sociopathic sons Udi and Qusi.

Posted by DepotGuy 2005-12-09 12:28|| 2005-12-09 12:28|| Front Page Top

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