Aer you tired of the endless Iraq threads?

[AlexRS]

ok, So? I guess I am failing to see your point here

No point.

Just a horrible tragedy.

A careless, ignorant war started by those in charge without any need. A war that is a mistake, a war that cost us many lives.

[Redskins Diehard]

So be it.

Now we have to live with knowing that even though...

Threat of invasion was working.

Saddam started to disarm.

We invaded.

In February 1998 Saddam kicked out the weapon inspectors, 2 weeks later I was sitting in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle on the border between Kuwait and Iraq...the weapons inspectors were allowed back in. Care to guess what happened in November of 1998? If you don't want to guess, just reread the first sentence, except this time it was a different brigade of the 3ID.

The threat worked then also, until the threat was deemed by Saddam to be nothing more than that...a threat.

[AlexRS]

In February 1998 Saddam kicked out the weapon inspectors, 2 weeks later I was sitting in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle on the border between Kuwait and Iraq...the weapons inspectors were allowed back in. Care to guess what happened in November of 1998? If you don't want to guess, just reread the first sentence, except this time it was a different brigade of the 3ID.

The threat worked then also, until the threat was deemed by Saddam to be nothing more than that...a threat.

What were our objectives for the war?

Did we achieve them?

Could we have achieved them without the war? We will never know.

It is a matter of opinion, and clearly you strongly subscribe to "No."

I will not try to convince you. Dealing with "what if the answer is Yes" is up to you.

[Major Harris]

Whoa you can press F5 and refresh the thread?! That is freaking awesome!!

saves energy by not having to scroll your mouse to the top of the web browser!! now we can be on ES even longer w/ out fatigue....

BRILLIANT!!

[Commander PK]

I think that many are focusing too much on the should we have gone to war with Iraq. Hence, the endless threads.

The fact is, we are at war with Iraq. Let's focus our attention on how to win. We can debate the right or wrong later, because we CANNOT leave until the job is done. Which is when Iraq's government is self-sufficient.