"Joe" wrote
Don't you wish America took out Hitler day 1 of his Blitz ?


America could NOT have taken out Hitler on day 1 of his blitz any more than
England and France could. That is why comparing him with Iraq is
meaningless. Germany was (and is) a highly industrialized nation, capable
of producing some of the best soldiers and weapons in the world. Iraq,
otoh, is a 3rd world country - rich it oil but without industry to produce
its own weapons. Hitler's Panzers and Tiger tanks were better than anything
the allies had, including our Shermans, and sliced thru Europe like a knife
thru butter. The Luftwaffe enjoyed air superiority until well into the war.
Saddam, otoh, had no air force and only older Soviet tanks that had proven
themselves far inferior to ours in the last Gulf War - and the troops
manning them knew it was suicide to oppose US armor and air power and fought
accordingly. Hell, Iran had fought him to a draw.

Saddam knew all this from bitter experience in the last go-around and had no
desire to fight us again. He had a comfortable position in Iraq but no
illusions about expanding it. Look what had happened when he took on Iran.
Cost him a bundle for nothing. Better yet, look what happened when he
invaded Quwait. Got a good ass-kicking and but for the timidness of some US
officials would have lost his job then. Saddam may well have envied Hitler,
but I doubt he had any illusion of copying him. Saddam was no threat to
anyone except al Qaeda and other radicals in his own country. Now he is
out, we are having to deal with them ... and they might be winning.