Saddam had a half a million man army. A fully functional police force. And a top notch intel service

[NNN0LHI]

That is what it took to keep a lid on things.

Don

[Sydnie]

1. and Rummy told them to get rid of them!

That's planning for you. :mad:

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. Some of them were gay

Perhaps that's the reason.

[NNN0LHI]

2. Oops, almost forgot. And they also spoke the native language and were on their home turf n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. The key was that they all got paid whether or not they were worth a shit.

The most stupid "american corporate think" move bush made was to fire the whole military & government. He thought they were the same kind of docile idiots in the united states that just crawl away under a rock after they get layed off from the steel mill.

[PsN2Wind]

4. That is the truth

The Sunnis, reported as about 20% of the population, under Saddam, where able to maintain a fair semblance of control over Iraq. Now the other 80% reinforced by 150,000 American troops are unable to do so.