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In response to "He put together an Arab coalition to attack an Arab nation without anyone taking shots as Israel." by Will Hunting

This. Gulf War 1 was necessary and executed with very little mission creep. As wars go, it went about as well as one can. -- nm

Posted by TWuG Jul 28 '16, 08:27

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I tend to agree, but think that it's possible that more could have been done with that victory that might have led to Iraq war II being avoided. -- (edited) - pmb Jul 28, 08:33 6
- I think if we hadn't stepped away when we did, we lose the coalition and it's now fermenting hate amongst the rest of the Arab World. - Will Hunting Jul 28, 08:35 5
  - I agree, but we might have been able to leave ourselves with stronger inspection rights and greater intelligence assets there. -- nm - pmb Jul 28, 08:58
  - I agree. Going into Baghdad would have presented us with what we have now but earlier. - Mel Profit Jul 28, 08:51 3
    - but in a pre 9/11, pre Al Qaeda world -- nm - gerald Jul 28, 08:56 2
      - But we would have created a vacuum still, be it Hezbollah, the beginnings of AQ or whatnot. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 09:08
      - for all we know that would have created AQ... - Mel Profit Jul 28, 08:58

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