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Originally Posted by ramlaen
The Iraqi army was broken in 1991, the primary reason Saddam was not deposed then was due to the UN coalition being explicitly formed to repel the invasion of Kuwait and not to overthrow the Iraqi government (similar to the purpose of UN forces in the Korean war).
The Iraqi insurgency and Iraqi civil war are separate events from the 2003 invasion.
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That is BS. You can't separate the war fom the invasion, the reason bush senior didn't invade was precisely because it would entail a great cost in time, money and military personnel lives. Simply defeating saddam hussein (or any other dictator) does not mean he or some other autocrat (who you can bet will not be an ally of the USA) would seize power or worse, Iran could have moved in an set a puppet government.
But back to the main subject:
Germany is set to close almost half of its nuclear power capacity before the end of the year
https://www.yahoo.com/now/germany-cl...060000902.html
This announcement is not new news, but reinforces the probability that Putin knew all along and is planning to order his puppet sock (lukashenko) to close the gas pipeline to Europe this winter. Putin of course will play good cop and say he can become a mediator ... if sanctions against Russia are lifted. A month later the pipeline would close again to get more sanctions lifted. If the EU sends special forces to Belarus to open the pipeline, then Putin will seize the opportunity to invade Belarus altogether.