Iran trying to take over Southern Iraq?

mrbeast · 04-12-08, 08:39 AM

Saddam's strategy was a gamble. By keeping the world guessing about his WMD capabilities; by obstructing the inspectors, wheeling out the odd Al Hussain(?) missile infront of the cameras every now and then; he managed to keep his main opponant Iran in check. As Iraq's military was fatally weakened by the Gulf War, WMD capapbilities were all that was preventing Iranian domination. Saddam calculated that the US and her allies would not be stupid enough to remove him as this would hand Iran control of the gulf on a plate.

Unfortunately for Saddam, he had no idea who he was dealing with. G W Bush and the neocon agenda were not like the elder Bush he'd dealt with before.

If the inspectors had been able to visit and see everything they wanted I suspect that they would have discovered the cupboard was bare afterall.

04-12-08, 08:39 AM	#11
mrbeast Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 1,236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Saddam's strategy was a gamble. By keeping the world guessing about his WMD capabilities; by obstructing the inspectors, wheeling out the odd Al Hussain(?) missile infront of the cameras every now and then; he managed to keep his main opponant Iran in check. As Iraq's military was fatally weakened by the Gulf War, WMD capapbilities were all that was preventing Iranian domination. Saddam calculated that the US and her allies would not be stupid enough to remove him as this would hand Iran control of the gulf on a plate. Unfortunately for Saddam, he had no idea who he was dealing with. G W Bush and the neocon agenda were not like the elder Bush he'd dealt with before. If the inspectors had been able to visit and see everything they wanted I suspect that they would have discovered the cupboard was bare afterall. __________________