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Originally Posted by reckless
I don't agree that we 'won' the 1st Gulf War primarily because Colin Powell won the point about not invading Baghdad. By not going into Baghdad and toppling Saddam then, I say we lost that one too.
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Many in the George H. W. Bush administration, including those in the intelligence community, opposed going into Baghdad, and the president agreed with them. One of the primary reasons was that they knew that the elimination of Saddam would lead to wide-spread sectarian violence. We would be right in the middle of it, and we had no ideas or plans on how to deal with it.
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And since the 1st Gulf War loss, 26 years ago, how many of these later wars were won by Mattis, Kelly, and that pseudo tough guy trio of McMasters, Allen and Petraeus?? Again the answer is none.
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And the Commander in Chief had no role in the outcomes of those wars? Or Vietnam?
