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| GULF WAR I |
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GULF WAR II |
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| Liberate Kuwait. Repel occupying Iraqi forces. Contain Saddam Hussein. Secure Gulf oil. |
OBJECTIVES |
Regime Change. Serve notice that the U.S. will use its military to meet its policy goals. |
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| 450,000 troops mainly from the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, Egypt and Syria. |
DEPLOYMENT |
250,000 troops from the U.S. and Britain with help from Australia and Poland |
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| 30 countries provided men and materiale; 18 humanitarian aid. |
COALITION |
The Willing. U.S. claims more than 40 allies; most are willing to just watch. |
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| Air power first. A 30-day air blitz erases Iraqi military and civilian infrastructure. A massive, multiprong ground assault follows. |
STRATEGY |
Allout, accurate, omnipotent. Precise air attack erases Iraqi high command. Concurrent ground attacks from South and West . |
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| Old and new. Stealth B-117s and cruise missiles to bomb Baghdad, vintage B-52s to carpet bomb Iraqi troops. Superior armor (M1A1 tanks) invulnerable to Soviet-made Iraqi tanks. |
TECHNOLOGY |
Digitized weaponry. Satellite aimed, and more lethal. |
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| Rebuild Kuwait. Send in the firemen to restore its oil flow. Send in the Fortune 500 to rebuild the economy. Get Saudis and others to foot the bills. Create U.N. inspection teams to make certain the Iraqi threat is neutralized. |
NONMILITARY TASKS |
Establish a democratic government in Iraq that would serve as a model for other Middle East regimes. Restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to ease Arab anger over the war. Keep Iraq's Kurds from starting a war for independence. Enlist the U.N. and other governments to rebuild Iraq's infrastructure and oil economy. |
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