HISTORY’S WORST MILITARY BLUNDER

Malcom Lagauche

After the cease-fire in 1991 that halted military action in the Gulf War, Schwarzkopf took to the podium in a celebratory press conference. He was beaming and bragging. A reporter asked him what kind of military leadership skills Saddam Hussein possessed. He laughed and went "Hah," indicating that Saddam was a nitwit in these areas. Today, Schwarzkopf, if a man of honesty, would like to take back that verbal slight of Saddam. Currently, the U.S. military is bogged down in a quagmire in Iraq. It can’t leave, but it is having a difficult time staying. All this scenario was caused by the Iraqi resistance, a force that was designed by Saddam Hussein and his top aides years before the U.S. invaded Iraq. "Bring 'em on," said George Bush in July 2003. The resistance has taken Bush’s statement literally and Iraq is a nightmare for U.S. troops...

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