That's how it was sold- that Saddam was the figurehead cause most insurgents were "dead-enders" and seeing Saddam caught would signify that there was no going back, plus the money he was funneling would dry up and insurgents would run out of it.
Now of course, its all about Zarqawi and Fallujah, and once its in our hands..ditto.
That simplistic viewpoint was wrojng about Saddam- it will be wrong about Fallujah or Zarqawi. Thought the truth- that crusing the insurgency will be a long term war, which we will only really win once we have more backing in the Sunni areas (or at least an Iraqi gov. seen as legitimate by the Sunni) so we can get more intelligence for the sort of anti-insurgency campaign the Brits won in Malaysia, or the French in Algeria (they won the Battle of Algeirs, lost the political war)
Now of course, its all about Zarqawi and Fallujah, and once its in our hands..ditto.
That simplistic viewpoint was wrojng about Saddam- it will be wrong about Fallujah or Zarqawi. Thought the truth- that crusing the insurgency will be a long term war, which we will only really win once we have more backing in the Sunni areas (or at least an Iraqi gov. seen as legitimate by the Sunni) so we can get more intelligence for the sort of anti-insurgency campaign the Brits won in Malaysia, or the French in Algeria (they won the Battle of Algeirs, lost the political war)
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