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Originally posted by jaguar
Minimal interference in other peoples affiars, no ideological wars like vietnam, no keeping in for instance the egyptian leader for political benifit. I mean the only reason Hussien is still there is because they fear an Islamic revolution there if they remove him.
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I've heard that said about Hussein, but who really knows for certain. Apparently, the US government thought Hussein's own people would take him down, or so it has been said. When asked about taking Hussein, Bush and Schwarzkopf have said that the main objective of Desert Storm was ridding Kuwait of Iraq, not to take Hussein. Given their progress on the ground, and given what has happened since, perhaps it should have been done. But hindsight is 20/20.