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Originally posted by MagiK:
Wutang, you pointed something out....the only reason Israel didn't strike back at Iraq in 1991 was because the USA wanted to maintain the coalition....now if it goes off as a US and British only strike, If Iraq fires even one missile at Israel, Im expecting the Israelies to finish the war with Iraq once and for all in one quick strike. I think it would be really foolish of Saddam to try that....
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No... he'll try it again. For the same reason as before, to wit: if Israel jumps in, Iraq gains a LOT of allies. All of a sudden, Saudi wants US out, Egypt is rolling tanks toward Israel, etc. etc. ad nauseum. It was the biggest showing of US/Israeli solidarity that Israel held back in 1991 despite continuous SCUD missile fire.
Also note the "savior" Patriot missiles we sent to Israel only got about 20% of the incoming SCUDs. Lucky for us all, SCUDs suck vis-a-vis destructive capability.