Greg Myre

military excursion of all.

And it also reminded me all the way back to the 1991 U.S.

war.

against Iraq, the first war against Iraq, because President George H.W.

Bush drove Iraqi troops out of Kuwait, but he decided not to send the U.S.

troops all the way to Baghdad to take over the country, drive out Saddam Hussein, which it seemed they could do if they wanted.

But he encouraged Iraqis to rise up against Saddam.

which they did.

However, Saddam regrouped and his military killed thousands and thousands of Iraqis who were completely outgunned.

So this was really, for a long time, a cautionary tale.

You have to be careful about asking people to rise up if you're not going to provide them with any support or protection.

And these are mostly unarmed civilians.

And we saw this literally last month.

in Iran where the security forces cracked down brutally on demonstrators and killed thousands of them.

I think you just don't know how people are going to react.

It is so shocking, even if you've been through a war or a traumatic experience before, to wake up to the sound of explosions and think that this could be a drawn-out war.

Just makes your mind race, makes your head spin, and you don't know how people will react.

We saw all those Iranians take to the streets last month.

Clearly, they were upset with the government.

But after the crackdown and so many people were killed, are they going to be willing to