p_p_man
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From today's Guardian:
Will he really risk a fight?
As the US military machine gears up for war, Saddam Hussein must decide whether he is really prepared to lead his country into a conflict he knows it cannot win
Observer special: Iraq
Ed Vulliamy
Sunday December 22, 2002
The Observer
There are now two rival accounts of how this war would play out, if it happens.
One is that Saddam's tyranny will implode like the Afghan Taliban and collapse after minimal casualties under pressure from without and within. The other, given credence by recent remarks from Washington and Baghdad, foresees a spiral into a furnace of chemical, biological, even nuclear, weaponry. While Iraq is said to be contemplating a 'scorched earth' response to invasion, the US has promised 'overwhelming force' with 'no options' excluded.
I hope you'll all have the chance to give your loved ones the best Christmas they'll ever have before they're whisked away to that particular hell...
ppman
Will he really risk a fight?
As the US military machine gears up for war, Saddam Hussein must decide whether he is really prepared to lead his country into a conflict he knows it cannot win
Observer special: Iraq
Ed Vulliamy
Sunday December 22, 2002
The Observer
There are now two rival accounts of how this war would play out, if it happens.
One is that Saddam's tyranny will implode like the Afghan Taliban and collapse after minimal casualties under pressure from without and within. The other, given credence by recent remarks from Washington and Baghdad, foresees a spiral into a furnace of chemical, biological, even nuclear, weaponry. While Iraq is said to be contemplating a 'scorched earth' response to invasion, the US has promised 'overwhelming force' with 'no options' excluded.
I hope you'll all have the chance to give your loved ones the best Christmas they'll ever have before they're whisked away to that particular hell...
ppman