The Logic Off Topic list

> From: Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@...>
> 
>> WHY on earth did the US leave Saddam Shit in Iraq,
> 
> Because dropping Saddam would have meant the fundamentalists would
> have come to power.  Choosing between two evils...  And so after our
> oil-supply has been secured (Gulf-war), Saddam is now allowed to
> terrorize his own people, while the western world sits back and does
> nothing...

The reason Colin Powell gave was that they didn't want to occupy the country
long term, and that they felt they would have to do that to stabilize it if
they took out Saddam.  Makes sense, if only from a purely operational
view....