Reply #18: It would have been SO much easier if we had just pulled a [View All]

[MADem]

secret coup.

It would have been so much easier if we had grabbed a hold of Tariq Aziz, "jawboned" him, got him to get a few Generals in line, and have someone slip Saddam a Mickey. Call it a heart attack, everyone boo hoos, he gets a fine funeral--autopsies are not done in that culture, no one would ever know.

Then, quick as a wink, kill off Uday and Qusay, claim that they were killed by radical Islamists sensing weakness due to the passing of Saddam, and of COURSE we would find a way to insure these imaginary Islamists were associated with Usama, guaranteeing that the people of Iraq would hate them forever (Iraq was secular, remember?), buy the silence of the Generals with generous Swiss bank accounts, install Tariq as a puppet leader with perks and (seeming) clout, a real counterbalance in the region to Saudi, and we'd have all the oil we needed.

Then, the Saudis and Iraqis would be falling over themselves to be our favorite. And Iran would be nervous, and more cooperative, as a result. Best of all, not too many people would have to die, and the ones that did would not be missed.

Instead, our dead are creeping up in number every day, our wounded too, and let's not even think about the number of Iraqis who have been brutalized by this foolish war.

It would have been so much easier had we played it smart, if we had to play it at all. The chimp is an idiot, and so are his neocon thugs. They know how to be wicked, but they don't know how to be smart-wicked. Dumbasses!