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Originally Posted by foundit66
I don't understand how you can talk about getting rid of Saddam, but no invasion.Unless you're willing to assassinate him and plunge the country into anarchy.
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I'm talking about getting rid of his regime trough attrician,if we would have taken Saddam out,it would have been a bonus! The use of ground troops or by way of tactical bombardment, would cause the country to fall into anarchy no matter what method was used! In hindsite..what "method" would you have used? Please don't say "containment"..
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Originally Posted by foundit66
Perhaps a few well placed bombs could have been effective at getting Saddam compliance. But if the goal were to be larger than that, you'll need to actually place troops on the ground.
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Yes..but it would take more than a "few" well placed bombs! I'm talking about a
Dresden campaighn,submit or die..annihilation not containment! I would only use a few ground troops to ascertain the devastation and report back. If we go to war,go all out conventionaly,harvest the wheat and the chaff together or don't go to war..
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Originally Posted by foundit66
Just out of curiousity, what enemy are we annihilating?And how are we differentiating between them and those that are "greeting us as liberators"? Or is that a facade that just needs to be abandoned?
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Saddam's regime is the enemy and no..we don't differentiate between them and their supporters! THAT is WHY we are not winning these battles,if we are more concerned with "collateral" damage,we have already been defeated..
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Originally Posted by foundit66
And what the heck are we holding back on? Is there a report that the U.S. has information as to where the resistance elements are who use IEDs and the like? And we just don't do anything about it?
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Because we have become entangled with nation building,something I have opposed in many political forums,we hold back in some cases for political reasons.As I have stated before,I would have preferred no ground troops be used.I would annihilate the enemy from the air,destroying the wheat and the chaff "together"...I don't care for "containment"..we tried that and it was a failure. Saddam violated his own agreements again and again,he did not fear the reaper! I would have destroyed
EVERY strategic target not just "some" of them.If his regime placed non combatants in these strategic locations,I would destroy them as well...
If this be war,then destroy the enemy,don't appease them..