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Originally Posted by tecoyah
Gulf War 1
Desert Storm....went pretty much as planned, few complaints (if any) Great planning, plenty of troops, and a clear objective. The commander in Chief at the time knew the likely results of taking out the Government, and wisely avoided it.
In my opinion there is an acceptable level of confusion/failure in warfare.....we have exceeded this level and then some.
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I was waiting for this.....
While comparing the two is a bit difficult being they were far different types of conflicts, I must assume you haven't heard of Gulf War Syndrome, friendly fire, 'excessive' use of force on the 'highway of death', and we of course should bring up DU.
Also Bush's reasoning, which he was HIGHLY criticized for was that he thought there was no way Saddam's regime would survive after such a defeat, so going into Baghdad wasn't needed. He was wrong, and that mistake cost a lot of Iraqis their lives after failed attempts at rebellion.
Iraq is going far better at far less a cost in life than ANY previous war of its kind to date.