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Kurt Ullman

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We should have declared victory in 1991 when we had it and come HOME.

I really don't want to use the "I" word but that is really why we
stayed. It sure wasn't "to protect the Kurds" and if we just wanted
cheap oil, Saddam would have sold it to us, even if he had Kuwait.

Heck, we had enough military on site in Kuwait to just amble up to
the honchoes, say "we be taking over", and that pretty much would have
given us the 51st state or at least another protectorate.