Posted on Feb 29, 2016
Why we won: Lessons from the Gulf War 25 years later | Fox News
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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.
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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".
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".
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I agree that it was an all around effort. Those 38 days of air strikes definitely softened them up making it possibke to be a 100 hour war. Definitely dont think we have one without the other. Probably should have used the same blueprint for this war imho
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