Why we won: Lessons from the Gulf War 25 years later | Fox News

As a Desert Storm vet, I have first hand knowledge, she doesn't have squat. We won the war because the Iraqis lost the will to fight after the long systematic bombing that destroyed both strategic and tactical targets. We had much better equipment and training, and weren't a conscript army. Most Iraqis that surrendered told how they were drafted, trained somewhat and sent to the front. The UN Stuff was all nice, but we could have won without it. Centcom came up with a great plan, and those leaders in the States left Schwartzkopf alone to do what was necessary.

The only thing that kind of baffled me a little bit was her reference to "Maryland National Guard troops -- who abused prisoners in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison after the 2003 invasion -- said they had had no Geneva Conventions training"
What American service members have had "NO" Geneva Conventions training?? It's part of basic training....or at least it was.
I also had a small issue with the statement "I know all of this first hand as the wife of America’s most forward deployed interrogator in Operation Desert Storm."
Sorry Ma'am, but being a military spouse does not make your knowledge of ANY war "first hand".

I think she should spend time studying military science and history, and less time on "social science". We won because we were better trained, better supplied, better motivated, and better led. We had a clear objective, and a well developed plan. Logistic support for the operation was excellent, although as in all wars there were more than a few screw ups. And, unless you were actually on the ground during the war, you don't have "first hand knowledge". People who were there know what a truly awe inspiring sight it is to see horizon to horizon columns of US troops pushing forward into enemy territory. I felt it, and I know the enemy felt it. They told us they felt it as they surrendered.