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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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 Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:11 pm Post subject: Report: Saddam Miscalculated in 2003... |
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| Saddam Hussein thought Russia and France would prevent an American-led invasion in the leadup to war in 2003. So says a Pentagon report that uses seized documents and interviews with former Iraqi officials to detail the last months of Saddam's regime. |
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5299988 |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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Do ya think? 
Biggest miscalculations of the 21st Century:
#1. Saddam: The US ain't gonna invade Iraq.
#2. Bush: Hey, boys! Let's invade Iraq.
#3. Dr. Hwang: Hey, no one is gonna notice we faked the data.
#4. ???
We're setting a pretty high standard here. There's only 94 more years to go in the century. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like it confirms the perception of the situation that was common at the time- Saddam seemed pretty nonchalant and even confident a few months before the war, right up until a couple of weeks before the war when did a 180 and he tried to do everything he could, short of absconding- agreeing to open up to UN inspectors etc.
But by then the demands had changed to leave the country.
Miscalculated? Definitely. |
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