Both the US Congress and the British House of Commons decided that a decade of obfuscation, ignoring the ceasefire agreement to which he agreed, and flouting a dozen or so UN resolution demanding compliance was enough last straws and final demands.

Too bad Saddam thought that there would be another 10 years and dozen resolutions. Where could he have gotten such an idea?

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I know...I know...I know...

Call on me please.....

That's right and it was a terrible decision. Too bad Congress and the House of Commons didn't take a closer look at the cost/benefit situation.

The cost/benefit has yet to be realized.

What I mean by that is this.

If we had stopped the war on a day or so after the invasion all of the invasions criticisms would have been justified--the invasion was bogged down and Saddam was winning.

If we had stopped when that famous image of the toppling statue flashed around the world, Bush's fawning minions would have given him laurels for his brow.

If we stop NOW the terrorists (I know, they weren't there before and there was no 9/11 connection, etc. But they are there NOW and there is an Al Qaeda connection NOW) will have a tremendous victory that will mobilize even the most pacifistic Muslim into becoming a closet Jihadi.

If we continue to a date of XX/XX/XX I can practically guarantee whatever prediction that I make or Cholmsky makes, or Cheney makes or Chavez makes or Blair makes or John Doe makes will be wrong.

The final chapter isn't even close to finished even in outline form.

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True. And we will never know how things would have turned out if the administration had followed a more conservative approach.

Nicely done!

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