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Originally Posted by Keitaro
Finally something I can agree with. I too don't understand why we didn't remove Saddam in the first gulf war. It makes absolutely no sense. We all knew he was a evil dictator. So why not? So much trouble.
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Because remember the First Gulf War was to defend Kuwait. And Saddam promised to allow UN inspectors and such. Guess they thought that was enough to punish him. Saddam did order a Cease fire too. So if your enemy already gave up, it'll make you look like the bad guy to actually go in there and attack them.
Another guess I think is that the UN already thought about the resistance from the citizens and probably China, or Russia used their Veto to cancel an invasion. Another guess could be because if they did indeed attack Iraq, they'll have to rebuild the country and of course Iraq will have a bunch of small factions with Saddam out of the picture.