I have studied another thread ("America is a better place WITH Saddam Hussein") that was locked down and a member asked a question about timing and why U.S and coalition togheter in 1991 could attack Saddam Hussein and liberate Kuwait and now in 2003. Why did they finish the dictator now?
About Timing:
Well one good explanation why the west could go into the middle east in first hand was because of technology. 1968-1981 the different nations were almost on the same street level when it came to technology, with few exceptions. 1981 M1 Abrams was introduced in the U.S armour arsenal and it was not untill then the technology began to be lifesaving in the US tank arsenal.
Another good reason is that the cold war was over 1991 and the Soviet Union ceased to excist and that was one more reason why west could do as they did. Now west is military superior over any middle east nation and the only nation down there that can threat the west military is Israel. And as we know Israel will never attack the west. But it can if they want to occupy even bigger areas of the middle east but why do that? I think Israel have enough problems with Palestine to be honest.
The rest of the middle east has only defensive forces and even if some of those nations as Jordan, small Gulf States, Saudi and others has western technology they can only use them in a short defensive campaign against another agressor.
But still Kuwait did have some equipment superior to Iraq in 1991 and Saddam Hussein proved to the world that a supprise attack is still a good tactic in war. I think this is my answer about timing.
LINK:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/2/newsid_2526000/2526937.stm
The political, business lines are other issues that I dont include in this message togheter with nuclear weapons or biological weapons.
Cheers:
Doc.S
:viking:
About Timing:
Well one good explanation why the west could go into the middle east in first hand was because of technology. 1968-1981 the different nations were almost on the same street level when it came to technology, with few exceptions. 1981 M1 Abrams was introduced in the U.S armour arsenal and it was not untill then the technology began to be lifesaving in the US tank arsenal.
Another good reason is that the cold war was over 1991 and the Soviet Union ceased to excist and that was one more reason why west could do as they did. Now west is military superior over any middle east nation and the only nation down there that can threat the west military is Israel. And as we know Israel will never attack the west. But it can if they want to occupy even bigger areas of the middle east but why do that? I think Israel have enough problems with Palestine to be honest.
The rest of the middle east has only defensive forces and even if some of those nations as Jordan, small Gulf States, Saudi and others has western technology they can only use them in a short defensive campaign against another agressor.
But still Kuwait did have some equipment superior to Iraq in 1991 and Saddam Hussein proved to the world that a supprise attack is still a good tactic in war. I think this is my answer about timing.
LINK:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/2/newsid_2526000/2526937.stm
The political, business lines are other issues that I dont include in this message togheter with nuclear weapons or biological weapons.
Cheers:
Doc.S
:viking: