Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
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On 03/09/07 13:49, judd@wadsworth.org wrote:
> On 8 Mar, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 09:14:53AM -0500, judd@wadsworth.org wrote:
>>> Actually, our invasion of Iraq is much more likely to lead to a
>>> broader war in the Mideast than Saddam was.
>>>
>> I have a real hard time believing that. The First Gulf War also
>> proves your statement cannot possibly be true.
>>
>
> Not at all. We (or at least I) were discussing conditions in 2003
> or later, not 1990. They are quite different.
>
> I'd think that someone in the military would at least be aware
> of concerns that the current situation may lead to a broader regional
> conflict between Sunni and Shia. It has certainly affected the balance
> of power in the region, with Iran being the big winner to date.
Would the Sunni/Shia conflict have come anyway, whenever Saddam died?
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