they did not understand the degree to which the shieh in southern parts of iraq were totally suspicious of the united states because bush's own father, when president in 1990-91 had more or less encouraged the shieh to rise up and then did nothing when saddam hussein exterminated them. and the sanctions as well. so there was a great deal of reason to understand why iraqis would not necessarily be enthusiastic about an american invasion. at the same time, one should understand and keep in mind iraqis did want to get rid of saddam hussein. it wasn't that they were opposed to the removal of saddam hussein. >> the sanctions as well which were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of iraqis including many many children, iraqis were aware madeleine albright went on television and asked about these sanctions, is it worth the price, all these children who are dying as a result and she said yes, march 16th, 2003, dick cheney is on meet the press with tim russert, the read we get on the people of iraq is there's no question that they want to get rid of saddam hussein, that was true,