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Originally Posted by shek
Versus,
Sorry, but your post, besides rambling on aimlessly, is just plain wrong on most accounts.
1. Saddam believed that the US could not defeat the Iraqi military.
2. The general strategic objectives have been stated time and time again. How you don't know these, I don't know, but it is a strong indicator. They may be tough to "operationalize," but they are pretty clear to anyone who has ever watched or read a transcript from a speech from most anyone in the administration on Iraq.
Anyways, keep watching Aliens. I'm sure it will provide you with more insight.
Cheers.
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Well, yes...My approach wasn't exactly accurate. What I was trying to say is that any form of foreign influence,in the middle east, will be highly questioned by the local structures and more likely to be opposed to. It may not look like it, but I think that the middle eastern people will never accept any form of western values or views at the world.
Of course that I know what the goals are in Iraq. My previous post doesn't mean that I would like US to fail, I would like it to succeed, but that just looks highly unlikely to me right now. I'll try to dig up some more info and make my post more accurate.