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Originally posted by Ironhorse@Jan 22 2003, 03:59 PM
I disagree with the threat assesment of Saddam, I think the Hitler analogy is very sound: Saddam has not only threatened to annex neighboring states but has gone on through military force and attempted to get this done (Iran, Kuwait) His initial goals and many other Iraqi leaders' aspirations as early as 1949 was a greater TransJordanian Iraq coalition that reaches all the way to the West Bank. This is likely why Jordan is such good friend to US.
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To reiterate: Saddam may be Hitlerian in his intentions but he is certainly not in his capabilities. Hitler annexed Austria and then tore through Poland and Czech. in days. Hitler shocked the world with his swift takeover of France.
Saddam fought with Iran for 10 years and was bombed into submission by the US in just 40 days and 40 nights.
Not only does Saddam not have the needed military might, he does not have the exceptional military leadership that Hitler did. I repeat and think it is pretty clear when I said Saddam "may aspire to be a Hitler but he certainly does not have the military capability of WW II Germany nor does he have the military staff that Hitler put together. "
If you disagree, I am very interested in why. I can't imagine you believe Saddam's capabilities to be on par with the war machine of WW II Germany.