But, the coalition's mandate was to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait and, I believe, that the coalition would have disintegrated had the US suggested chasing Iraqi forces into Iraq further. As much as I was not a fan of George HW Bush I think he understood the limitations of the coalition and the benefit of keeping the coalition together to some degree even after the Gulf war.
GW, on the other hand, has a go-it-alone attitude which got us into the current mess... --- On Friday, July 08, 2005 3:49 PM, Larry C. Lyons scribed: --- > > Jennifer, > > The no-fly zone attrition campaign went from about 1991 through to the > start of the current Iraq conflict. So this was going on from the end > of Bush 1 through the Clinton presidency and into Shrub's term. While > I understood the reasoning behind setting up the no-fly zones, Bush I > really blew it - as soon as the Iraqi army started on the marsh arabs > south of Basra and the Kurds in 1991, this should have been considered > a violation of the cease fire. As such it should have been met with a > far stronger response, and prevented quite a few atrocities. > > larry > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163975 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
