Family run regimes

Submitted by rick (United States), Apr 3, 2006 at 12:34

Saddam intended for one of his two sons - Uday and the other - to take over after he ended his run.

Same thing in Libya. Gaddafi's son is waiting in the wings.

When you have this type of regime, dismantling it is very easy. Simply threatening to remove the family will produce a very eager listener to your point of view. Of course, if the family doesn't believe you are serious they will keep on doing whatever they want.

By removing Saddam and more importantly killing both his sons - Gaddafi got a strong message and that is why we had him abandoning his WMD plans.

Saddam, just as Gaddafi doesn't care how many Iraqis or Libyans are killed as long as they aren't members of his family and close inner circle.

Target the family and inner circle and you can negotiate very effectively.

We had the right idea in compiling the card deck of 52 wanted regime criminals. Our mistake was not removing them without a big war. Those 52 were the heart and soul of the Saddam and Baathist regime. WIthout them it would fall and you wouldn't need thousands of US forces to do it.

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