Yes Ray, its as we call it in Iran: Bahman. An "avalanche", which just gets bigger and bigger, gets inheritated from one administartion to another with different velocity and magnitude, but which ultimatly will dissipate with time.
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Originally Posted by Horrido
HW Bush followed the left-leaning line of thinking: formed a coalition, and listened to the UN and local nations when they all recommended they only liberate Kuwait and leave Saddam in power, ie, "not finish the job".
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Just to clarify something here: of the republicans in Bush 67 administration, only Wolfiwitz wanted the tyrant remove from power right after liberating Kuwait. While the Grand Architect (Cheney) wanted to put a stop to it, as well as Powell who was happy with conclusion of his Powell Doctrine. So there were not only leftist who advocated such way. I assume Cheney and Powell still lived - quite rightly infact - in the days of Cold War, where a US invasion of proper Iraq, which was a client-state of the Soviet Union and part of its sphere of influence, was seen as too sudden or too aggressive. Others such a James Baker or Bush the Elder himself, I dont quite remember their view. All I can say is that being superpower is a damn tough job, geopolitics sometimes vetoes humaniterian effort. When that happens humaniterian will critize, which is a very human reaction to that effect.