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Submitted by myth (Germany), Aug 9, 2010 at 07:33

Vijay, let me disagree: At the time of Desert Storm the Soviet Union was just about to collapse. The strategic focus of the time had to be on the unclear future of eastern-european states and ex-soviet republics like the three baltic states, would they become part of the EU, or even join NATO. The position of NATO-allies and traditional cold-war-enemies at the time was both fragile and unclear. It would have been wrong to commit a major part of the US forces in that region to an open-end operation. Desert Storm did prove the point in those ending cold-war-conflicts that the US conventional forces were substantially strong enough to defeat soviet-make weapons in a large-scale conflict.

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A NEW NOVEL TO COMMEMORATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY [51 words]THELOUISIANAEXPLORERAug 30, 2010 19:32177474
Still fighting the same wars [17 words]Jewish Ideas DailyAug 10, 2010 06:59176553
1The mistake of Desert Storm [144 words]VijayAug 4, 2010 07:04176319
disagree about bad strategic thinking [116 words]mythAug 9, 2010 07:33176319
It wasn't in the cards [20 words]Peter HerzAug 13, 2010 15:56176319
THE "Ally" [53 words]VijayAug 14, 2010 04:30176319
Warning for Bush [113 words]IndianAug 30, 2010 23:28176319
Powerful People Distort Our World By Ignoring or Manipulating Facts [931 words]Zvi NovemberAug 3, 2010 08:28176272
1Desert Storm was the right thing to do, and it was needed. dictator saddam had to be dealt with. [121 words]Phil GreendAug 2, 2010 18:05176250
Maybe the invasion will prove to have left a crater and not a mere footprint [82 words]SteveAug 2, 2010 16:38176248

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