President Bush The Smarter Has Passed Away

[GUBU]

Bush Sr.'s critical blunder was in not finishing the job of the First Gulf War and taking out Saddam.

It was in no wise a blunder, for three reasons:

1.  Under the UN Resolutions pertaining to the invasion, 'taking out Saddam' would have been illegal.

2.  It would have violated assurances given to other Arab countries (and to coalition members) that the US goal was ONLY to liberate Kuwait.

3.  Consequential of #2, it would have shattered US relations with ALL Arab states, resulting in the removal of your bases in those countries, and skyrocketing the price of oil.

In retrospect, not removing Saddam, rather than being a blunder, was a wise bit of statesmanship on Bush's part.

Boru

Yeah, Shrub Snr's biggest blunder with Iraq was to promise Saddam he got his back over Kuwait stealing Iraqi oil, and then reneging on that promise.

His other blunder was to promise the Marsh Arabs (just above Basrah) and the Kurds that if they rose up against Saddam after Iraq war 6 (yes seriously, the sixth war against Iraq waged by either the UK or US in the 20th century) that the US would protect them, and then failing to lift a finger when the uprisings happened.