Did we really "win" the 1991 Iraq War? We achieved our main publicly stated goal. But I find it interesting that in the public imagination that's viewed as such a smashing US victory - given that after 100 hours of fighting the US government (then led by Cheney, Powell, Wolfowitz, and a man named Bush) made several greivous errors.
I was reminded of this just now when I read the last paragraph in this post. Seeing that number and the reason why we didn't act, and then thinking about what's going on today - well, it hit my gut on this point so much more than, say, watching Three Kings did (though you should so watch that if you haven't - it's a great film).
Posted by armand at January 14, 2006 09:23 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Iraq