Opinions differ, but Desert Storm could have included taking Baghdad and removing Saddam. We didn’t do that. Had to go back later. In my opinion, our battlefield accomplishments were stellar, but we did not fully win.
Too many business interests to take out Saddam.
Agreed. Or another way to put it, the fighting on the ground was good, but the leadership was more focused on political winning that winning the war.
If we had gone in the coalition would have collapsed and we’d be fighting alone.
The mission was just to remove the Iraq Army from Kuwait.
Mission accomplished.
“In my opinion, our battlefield accomplishments were stellar, but we did not fully win.”
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Because politics is too important to be left to the politicians.