 Bush's War in Iraq
guitarzan,
I don't know why Bush sr. wanted to bait Hussein into invading Kuwait. He certainly knew it would require a military response - a massive one. Maybe he (Bush Sr.) didn't want the psychopath Uday inheriting his dad's position. I have no doubt this was a behind-closed-doors decision (probably by James Baker - he seemed to be running the whole show back then) to bait Saddam. GW jr. wanted to finish the job.
Wars are also a GREAT way to run up HUGE fed. deficits - Bush's have fixation on running deficits. In fact, more than 40% of our total federal debt - accumulated over the last 215 years - comes from these two. |