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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I disagree. The source of our coercive power is having a pantload of our troops on the ground in Iraq. Now, had that partial capitulation Saddam's you posit included permitting the US to set up humongous bases from which to "monitor" his WMD and otherwise kick al Q butt in all the neighboring region, replacing him might indeed have been unnecessary to the primary goals of the war.
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How is this coercing the Saudi government to do anything? You cannot possibly think that the current regime fears a US invasion. We're more likely to invade England.
