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Originally Posted by Skybird
OMG.
Another example of this automatic reflex to always blame the UN for all and everything, a reflex that is no longer under control by reason and will. If your coffee gets cold, it probably is due to a UN effort to counter global warming by freezing it, you see.
It was Bush's own decision to stop the advance in 1991, and he repeatedly has said that loud and clear in interviews meanwhile. His own military leaders were surprised of that stop.
One must close both eyes with force and determination to not see the obvious intention behind all this TO NOT THROW SADDAM OUT of office. There was active american assistance to assure that he remained in power.
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I hear ya, Skybird. But you really don't disagree with what my main point was. And that point is that Bush Sr. went to the UN for a cease fire agreement. I think he should not have done that, as UN treaties are as worthless as the paper you wipe your rear end with. We had to go back to Iraq and finish the job as Saddam did not live up to his end of the bargain. No surprise there. There was only an American agreement to ensure Saddam keep his power if he lived up to his end of the cease fire. That is not American assistance, that was an American compromise. And we should have known better.
Whether or not the Saudi's were pressuring America to leave ASAP is beside the point. We should have done nothing lesss than acheive total victory accepting nothing but complete victory, or total unconditional surrender. We should never allow the UN or their agreements to get in the way of this. The UN was an organization that Bush Sr. should have never sought out. If you want me to lay blame on Bush Sr. for this, I do. The UN's agreements were the main problem here. You're right. Bush Sr. forced the issue, and was wrong for it. And the US taxpayer should remember the costs of this "pie in the sky" "give peace a chance" nonsense that the UN cease fire agreements brought about.