RIP General Norman Schwarzkopf

[Spectre]

There was more global popular support, and more troops. It likely would have played out differently.

Nah, it would have played out equally as bad, and the guys back then knew it as well:



Which really says something about them deciding to do it anyway in 2003, even knowing what a disaster it would be. A more cynical person might say they value personal profit over hundreds of thousands of lives.

[Wahoo08]

That's a bunch of spin that he put out there to cover his failure. No one is talking about full regime change, but rather dealing significant damage to the Republican guard. He failed to do that.

I think you give the Republican Guard too much credit. They were better trained and armed than the regular army, but we're not talking Navy SEALs level. Their entire existence was basically due to the fact that Saddam couldn't trust his own (Shia dominated) military. They were only 'elite' when compared to the rest of the Iraqi army; certainly not by international standards.

[Din Kong]

Nah, it would have played out equally as bad, and the guys back then knew it as well:



Which really says something about them deciding to do it anyway in 2003, even knowing what a disaster it would be. A more cynical person might say they value personal profit over hundreds of thousands of lives.

Dick The Devil Cheney. Evil personified.

[Din Kong]

Nah, it would have played out equally as bad, and the guys back then knew it as well:



Which really says something about them deciding to do it anyway in 2003, even knowing what a disaster it would be. A more cynical person might say they value personal profit over hundreds of thousands of lives.

Dick The Devil Cheney. Evil personified.

"The question ... was how many additional dead Americans was Saddam worth? And our judgement was not very many, and I think we got it right".