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Originally posted by mart_man00
yeah, i hate that too. but thats what you get from out lawing assassinations. one bullet could of solved everything.
Or nothing. If Saddam Hussein were assassinated, his son or some other like-minded person would assume power in Iraq. In retrospect, it might have been best to have removed Saddam from power in 1991, but the same problems as now are implicit. The best method would have been for the United States to back rebels in Iraq, preferably with UN sanction. In this way, the U.S. would only play a supporting role in the Iraqis' own quest for self-government. Unfortunately, the U.S. missed its chance to do this, and many Kurds were massacred because of it.