Reply #19: Think maybe that "anticipated" doesn't mean what he thinks it

[RaleighNCDUer]

means?

They WANTED Saddam to blow up his oil fields - it would make for great propaganda. The thing is, in the first war he NEVER blew up his own oil fields. He blew up the rival Kuwaiti oil fields, believing that we would have to negotiate for Iraqi oil to replace the loss of Kuwaiti oil, giving him a bargaining chip in peace talks. He had nothing to gain by blowing up his oil fields. So why would we expect him to do that?

They WANTED sectarian strife. It's basic divide and conquer - get the factions fighting each other, then pick one side to support, preferably a side that cannot survive without your support. NOTE: The people that blew up the Shia mosque were wearing Iraqi police uniforms, and the Iraqi police are vastly predominately Shia. It stinks of black ops, to me.

These people are beyond despicable.