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For me personally, the death of Saddam Hussein, closes out the Desert Storm campaign.

He was the reason that US and coalition troops, of which I was one, were in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. While the mission was to get Iraqi forces to leave the Kuwait nation, there were many who had the idea to remove Hussein from power then, 15 years ago. I'm quite sure that many lives wouldn't be as different today if US and coalition forces had done something at that time.

The decision was made, due to political and other reasons, to not "press" the issue. I'm not trying to sound like a "warmonger" but I wish the US had decided to remove him from power then. Many members of the military were willing to take on that mission then, and seeing the results of Saddam's regiem over the past 15 years has left some of the Desert Storm veterans, feeling like our mission was un-accomplished, even though by "official" standards, it was.

I'm not sad to see Saddam Hussein removed from this planet, may he rot in a special place in hell!

His death will give some in Iraq reason for him to become a martyr, and in a sense, a tragic figure, a victim of the US and it's oppression. That is just a fact of how my country is viewed. These people will attack US forces and other westerners becouse of how they view the west.

Others will celebrate, but they will also continue on their own violent acts against the other muslim sects in Iraq, and that is a shame.

Eventually the number of people who continue the violence in the name of Saddam Hussein, will die out, and he will be a footnote in history.....but in all likely hood the violence in Iraq will continue.