US never has wanted to disband Iraq. We stopped in 1991 to prevent
the collapse of Iraq due to fragmentation.
desert, we got Texas.

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Cordially
Mr Kettle

Actually we stopped because the coalition would have fragmented had we gone
further into Iraq. The Syrians, Saudis etc would have changed sides. Besides
the Coalition was only assembled and mandated by the UN to eject the Iraqis
from Kuwait.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired