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Originally Posted by tw
… Some wars are justified. And were won because all three critical factors were met - ie Desert Storm. ...
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Desert storm was nothing more than a confidence exercise for a post-Vietnam, downsized and dilapidated military. We had only the capability to chase Hussein back across his border and stalemate. It would be another 10 years before we were capable of going back and finishing the job, under the guise of Iraq having WMD, by going into Iraq and eliminating Hussein. Not doing that the first time around wasn't by choice.
Not going into Iran is by choice, albeit influenced by a pusillanimous electorate.