WI: HW Bush Disposes Hussein?

Also, out of curiosity--do you think that Iraq would have experienced a Sunni Arab rebellion had the U.S. helped the Shiites and Kurds overthrow Saddam Hussein back in 1991? Or were sectarian tensions in Iraq back then not yet that deep--thus preventing a Sunni Arab rebellion from breaking out in Iraq afterwards?

If the US tossed in for another few days a lot of secular Iraqi soldiers would have backed the revolution.

As it stood most of the army didn't fight to put down the Revolution, the Republican Guard did that.
 

CaliGuy

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If the US tossed in for another few days a lot of secular Iraqi soldiers would have backed the revolution.

As it stood most of the army didn't fight to put down the Revolution, the Republican Guard did that.
Why would secular Iraqi Sunni Arab soldiers have supported the revolution, though? Indeed, what exactly was their grudge against Saddam Hussein?
 
Why would secular Iraqi Sunni Arab soldiers have supported the revolution, though? Indeed, what exactly was their grudge against Saddam Hussein?

Its not about grudge or lack of grudge, its about siding with the perceived winner for better post war positioning. Iraqis are very good with doing that. Just look at Mosul right now.
 

CaliGuy

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Its not about grudge or lack of grudge, its about siding with the perceived winner for better post war positioning. Iraqis are very good with doing that. Just look at Mosul right now.
Was that also true in 2003, though?
 
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