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What a load of bollocks. Saddam was murdering his people in the tens of thousands for decades and not a dissenting murmur from our bleeding hearts (including you I would surmise ?) which only encouraged him. The only mistake we made was not finishing him off in 1991 when he was cowering in his Rommel caravan on 25th February waiting for the baillifs. He couldn't believe his luck when the whingers started moaning about Mutla Ridge and our lack of resolve became self evident. We all said he would have to go eventually and the price would be higher later on, and strangely enough, those prophecies were self fulfilling.
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Oh dear, more of the selective memory syndrome which has afflicted the idea of discussiong Iraq. IF you remember correctly, there was no real desire to finish off Saddam in 1991. The Military were complaining about being sent on bombing raids and massacering (sp ?) unarmed thousands of soldiers on the Basra Road and the politicans were pointing out that the UN mandate was ONLY to free Kuwait. It is amazing what a decade and a half will do to peoples' memories
And, yes there were lots of dissenting voices complaining about Saddam, both before and afterwards.
The only reason the propheses became self-fulling was because of the lies told about WMDs.
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