in 1990?
2006-10-09 08:02:08 · 15 answers · asked by hichefheidi 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Bush senior said it himself: removing Hussein would have created a quagmire from which they could see no escape. Too bad little Georgie never listens to his dad, eh?
2006-10-09 08:04:29 · answer #1 · answered by random6x7 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you're talking about the Gulf War, I think you mean 1991. The answer to that is Bush didn't have a political mandate to continue into Iraq. As the Vietnam war showed, when a Democracy goes to war, political backing is more necessary than a good military reason or long-term national interest.
2006-10-09 08:12:17 · answer #2 · answered by Will 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kudos to Random6x7, The military Industrial complex wanted payback for supporting Georgie 2000.
2006-10-09 09:00:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably for the same or similar reasons that Clinton didn't remove Saddam or any other dictator from power.
2006-10-09 08:04:47 · answer #4 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bush Sr. listened to the UN.
2006-10-09 08:04:20 · answer #5 · answered by MEL T 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Pappy was evil, but not as stupid and greedy as Dumbya. What has happened now, a manufactured civil war, was what Pappy was trying to avoid.
2006-10-09 08:52:46 · answer #6 · answered by rhino9joe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
STEP TWO OF THREE STEPS TO BRING THE MIDDLE EAST IN TO LINE WITH THE WORLD COMMUNITY
IT WAS ALL SPELLED OUT IN THE PNAC DOCUMENT SIGNED IN 1997
IRAN AND SYRIA ARE NEXT
2006-10-09 08:06:27 · answer #7 · answered by Jerome D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we were told by the UN that we could not...we went in to get them out of Kuwait...that was it...the UN would not go any farther than that
2006-10-09 08:05:37 · answer #8 · answered by yetti 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The UN posseys wouldnt let him. Now we have a pres that did and I am glad of it.
2006-10-09 08:05:49 · answer #9 · answered by bildymooner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was thought he would keep Iran in check
but when he started helping Muslim terrorists he had to go
2006-10-09 08:07:09 · answer #10 · answered by ken y 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋