October 14, 2021
Like China, America Can Still Learn from the Gulf War Today
The war over how to interpret the war seemed to break out before the troops had washed the sand off the tanks.
by James Jay Carafano
Here's What You Need to Remember: The first Gulf War is perhaps distant enough in time now that it can be reconsidered with less of the angst or adrenaline that often clouds our assessment of current affairs. In that respect, it may offer even more useful lessons now than those America tried to learn 25 years ago—lessons that are as applicable as ever.
In the summer of 1990, U.S. forces began flooding into the Middle East. By the following February, they were on their way home.
The war over how to interpret the war seemed to break out before the troops had washed the sand off the tanks. Twenty-five years later, the squabbling over what history has to teach us continues.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/china-america-can-still-learn-gulf-war-today-194880
