Re: Saddam's Secrets


"Amused" <Amused@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Barbara Lake" <bglake@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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He knew he was going
>> to be attacked ... and the mouth in Washington certainly gave him
>> sufficient warning that an attack was imminent. Even if shipped to Syria
>> (which is so doubtful as to be ridiculous ... I mean we were watching,
>> right?) he had plenty of time to get them back. So, if we are assuming
>> he had the weapons, why did he not use them? I know if I had weapons
>> giving me an advantage against an aggressive assault, you can bet the
>> farm I'd use them. Sheesh, from everything said here, one would gather
>> the man wanted to be conquered.
>>
>> Barbara
>>
> Well, I have my problems with the story, too. (Why fly? Fleets of trucks
> were available.) I assume they were moving valuable/rare equipment.
>
> BUT, Hussein is the same guy that ordered a fair amount of his air force
> to fly to Iran, a sworn enemy, in order to protect it from destruction. I
> do not consider it the least bit unlikely that he would ship valuable CBR
> weapons to Syria.

For Hussein, Iran as a sworn enemy is/was something we are not and can never
be, a fellow Arab country.

> It was obvious that the Coalition forces were primed and ready for a
> chemical/biological attack. Such an attack, was very unlikely to be even
> minimally effective and would certainly trigger instant and massive
> retaliation. Is it possible that Hussein was warned that if he would use
> biological, nuclear weapons would be unleashed? (Mere speculation, I
> admit)

You really think a sarin-filled explosive device lobbed into a coalition
encampment would have no effect? What about the means for launching them
(that we were told could deliver devastation on neighboring countries, on
Israel and on U.S. targets within 45 minutes)?

For obvious reasons, no one in their right mind (Hussein may have been power
mad, but I do not believe he was crazy ... or stupid) would seriously
consider we'd use nuclear power. This would be as deadly to any coalition
troops in the area as to Hussein ... not to mention the many innocent
civilians. Consider the terrain: loose grains of deadly irradiated sand
picked up in a mushroom cloud traveling farther and harming more than a
similar bomb exploded at sea level.

> Right up to the invasion, there was political maneuvering going on in the
> UN and behind the scenes concerning a possible exile for Hussein and his
> family.

It's a shame this did not happen.

Who knows what French/Russian/German diplomats were telling
> Hussein?

I think any comment along those lines would be purely speculative.
Conjecture at its worst.

> And while there was a history of Hussein possessing and using CB weapons,
> there was also a history of America pulling up short of invading Iraq,
> too. And it's obvious that Hussein had backup plans. After all, it took a
> good long time to catch him. (I can't help but believe that death of his
> two sons, might have taken some of the fire out of him.)

As far as the U.S. pulling up short, we went as far as the UN charter
allowed. We got Iraq out of Kuwait. That is all we were to do. And I
agree that losing his sons might have demoralized Hussein. But consider.
This is a man who did not stop short at murdering members of his own family
if he felt them a threat to his power. Eventually, even his sons would have
become suspect.

Barbara


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