Alby_da_Wolf on 01 August 2010
Gulf War II had some justifications, but it was conducted too clumsily by USA, they generated hate towards themselves with excessive casualties amongst civilians. But the biggest US mistake was to not crush Saddam's Republican Guard (*) at the end of Gulf War I, that would have weakened enough Saddam to maybe overthrow him, or at least spared Iraq people, and particularly the Kurds, the worst pains and griefs of the final years of Saddam's tyranny.
(*) Pussy Powell, Bush Sr. and others pretended ONU forced them to stop, but as USA actually conducted the war, it could have justified that final effort with totally valid tactic, strategic and security arguments.
