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Now, I wonder if the same situation could have happened if Saddam Hussein had surrendered just before the US troops reached Baghdad. Would all the chaos and looting be prevented then?

I believe there would have been no looting had it happened that way, but is obvious that Saddam and his crew rather claim defeat than surrender. Our poor information minister committed suicide, hence no one makes fun of him anymore. I wish he were alive still, somehow I feel sorry for him, he looked under great pressure to the point of being robotic in his answers to the media.

I read somewhere else where a lot of those that came from Syria and elsewhere to fight were surprised at how the Iraqi army abandoned their fight against the US and they, the Syrians and others, were left alone in certain instances.
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This is an interesting move.  I guess they plan on using Iraq so they don't have to pay any tributes?

From USA Today:

U.S. forces to exit Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON — In a major shift in American focus in the Persian Gulf, the
United States is all but ending its military presence in Saudi Arabia,
abandoning this remote desert air base that was built in the 1990s and
made the site of a high-tech air operations center in 2001.

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This is an interesting move.  I guess they plan on using Iraq so they don't have to pay any tributes?

Exactly what I thought when I read that news. Now that the Americans are 'in control' of Iraq , they will definitely capitulate on it and set up bases there. And their motives will be more obvious once they are no longer obligated to the Saudi or other regional govts. Then they will also push for 'democracy' in Saudi Arabia, etc.

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With the constant killing of civilians and attacks against US soldiers we can see that this is exactly what the US did not want. They are going to find it a hard thing to live peaceful in Iraq.

From CNN:

GRENADE ATTACK INJURES 5 U.S. SOLDIERS IN FALLUJAH

In a third day of violence, assailants Wednesday night tossed two grenades
inside a U.S. military compound in Fallujah, a town west of Baghdad, slightly
injuring at least five soldiers, military sources said.

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Could it be that after all that, there really was no weapons of mass destruction? I guess those tests conducted earlier came up negative? I have not heard anything.

From Deseret News:

BUSH VOWS IRAQI WEAPONS EVENTUALLY WILL BE FOUND
Still lacking proof to support his stated reason for launching war against Iraq,
President Bush vowed Saturday that Iraq's missing weapons of mass destruction
eventually would be found.
https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...33080%2C00.html

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I tell ya, the USA talked so much about weapons of mass destruction and nothing was found so far. Isn't that why the United Nations didn't want to give the USA the okay for the war? because they saw there were not enough proof to do it?. Now it's the USA who is looking bad instead of the UN.

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Okay, let's not go hush hush now, what about all that oil? Many still feel the reason for the invasion was the oil and not WMD.

From ABC News:

Some people believe it was among the main
reasons that we went to war in the first place.  Perhaps.  But protecting
that oil was certainly among the top priorities once the war began.
Widespread oil fires may have been limited, but what about now?  Who is
protecting Iraq's most valuable resource from looting and crime?  Who is
taking over Iraq's biggest industry?  Beneath the surface in Iraq, there
is lots and lots of oil, but there is also anger, tension and mistrust.
The makings for a combustible mix.

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Iraq has the second largest oil reserves in the world, second only to
Saudi Arabia.  And its potential may be even bigger.  Ninety percent of
the country is unexplored for oil.

So, it should come as no surprise that almost immediately after invasion,
one of the top priorities for coalition forces was protecting Iraq's oil
fields.  It was feared that the wells would be set ablaze - ruined by
Saddam Hussein's retreating forces.  And some were.  But the coalition
forces moved quickly and widespread devastation to the oil fields was
largely avoided.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce to you the World Guiness Book of Records fo the Biggest Bank Robbery in History!

From Deseret News:

SADDAM SON LOOTED BANK
In the hours before American bombs began falling on the Iraqi capital, one of
Saddam Hussein's sons and a close adviser carried off nearly $1 billion in cash
from the country's Central Bank, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials here.
https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...33605%2C00.html

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The question is where is the money now. As for being the biggest bank robbery, I would say it depends on how your look at it. Saddam's son and the adviser were part of the ruling govt. When the country seemed to come under attack then, it was probably a step taken to avoid losses -- meaning it was taken to store safely until the storm passes over.

But in this case, Bush was overly vengeful, and had intended to wipe off the whole Saddam family all along. So, now when the son cannot even be accounted for whether dead or alive, the whereabouts of the money beome unknown, and it is now called a 'robbery'.

Prior to that, the regime was probably optimistic of its chances to survive and so that step was taken to hoard the nation's Central Bank cash in a safe place, and may be be meant to rob the nation.

Then again, maybe it was robbed. Let's see....