The first Persian Gulf War, which ended 25 years ago to the day on Friday, seems like a distant memory in the age of asymmetric warfare and open-ended fights against irregular armed groups.
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In 1991, an American-led coalition waged conventional war against Saddam Hussein’s army, and won easily. In 2016, an American-led coalition wages an asymmetric war against the Islamic State in the same part of the world, and is not anywhere close to winning.
https://news.vice.com/article/the-gulf-war-25-years-later-a-us-triumph-that-spawned-a-problem https://news.vice.com/article/the-gulf-war-25-years-later-a-us-triumph-that-spawned-a-problem In 1991, an American-led coalition waged war against Iraq, and won easily. In 2016, an American-led coalition wages war against the Islamic State, and is nowhere close to winning.
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