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He gives three reasons Iraq was unusually vulnerable: Saddam lacked air defenses, desert terrain favored air power and surveillance, and surprise made Iraqi commanders misread the main U.S. attack.
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He gives three reasons Iraq was unusually vulnerable: Saddam lacked air defenses, desert terrain favored air power and surveillance, and surprise made Iraqi commanders misread the main U.S.
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"And it was true. So what was happening was that special forces could drive around and look for military installations by themselves. Okay? We're..."
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"He didn't have weapons to counter the enemy. So he was really focused on fighting against America's air supremacy. And the reason why is..."
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"you would turn my people into terrorists you would empower Iran so there's no way that America could overthrow me would want to overthrow..."
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"was going to happen so an example is that special forces were in Western Iraq blowing up missile bases because of the kind of..."
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