How do you explain the existence of plans to replace him that have been in the planning stage by the neo-con think tanks since at least 1993?
Also how do you explain the refusal of the deal that was brokered in the middle east to have Saddam "retire" to another Arab state and thus avoid the need to forcefully remove him. The US has been willing to see dictators leave without punishment in other cases. Haiti and Liberia are recent examples. They even get to keep a good chunk of their wealth.
As has been stated many times 9/11 was used as a convenient tactic to get support for the war. It was not a goal of the war. What we are discussing here is what the actual objectives were. Overthrow of Saddam is a plausible one, except for the fact that he was willing to leave. Policies not Politics ---- Daily Landscape
2) I don't find your Saddam resignation story credible. There are as many denials as statements that it is true. Some of the statements that it's true say Udey would replace him--what a gift that would have been.
