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Originally Posted by kane
I agree they are spending tons ot rebuild the oil infrastructure of the country and that they planned for us to have a long term influnence on the country. I think they felt like we would roll in, kick saddam out, put a nice US friendly democracy in power and then reap the oil rewards and that this wouldn't take much time or money. Here are a couple of great quotes:
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If they really did think that (which I sincerely doubt), it was a miscalculation of epic proportions. Iraq isn't panama. It's a place of tremendous strategic and economic importance. Obviously, you're going to have numerous local factions competing for control of such a place. I think the general mindset was "thanks for kicking saddam out. he was a sociopathic piece of shit. now let us get on with our civil war, please".