Compare And Contrast Iraq War And Gulf War

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The gulf war occurred from August 1990 to February 1991 when the Iraq president Hussein decided to take over the Kuwait territory which had vast oil reserves located in the Persian fields. The war was marked by a coalition of many nations that joined the U.S. in withdrawing the Iraq military from Kuwait and the neighboring countries like Saudi Arabia and Israel. Iraq war occurred between 2003 and 2011 with the attack of Iraq by the U.S. through alliances of other nations like the U.K. This paper will compare and contrast the gulf and Iraq war to explain why the U.S. won the gulf war and not Iraq war.
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Both gulf war and Iraq war were operated by a coalition of many nations including troops from United States, United Kingdom, Saudi …show more content…

This is opposed to the Iraq war which was complex due to the massive use of Weapons of Massive Destruction (WMD) by the Iraq military. The gulf war came into completion with the Iraq military being withdrawn from the Kuwait nation and restoration of the Kuwait monarchy which were the main reasons for the start of the war. However, despite overthrowing the Ba’ath party and the execution of Saddam Hussain by the U.S. coalition, Iran war never stopped until 2011. There was increased conflict such as religious violence between Shias and Sunnis attributed by mismanagement of occupations and the rise of insurgent teams that got support from Iran and Al Qaeda in Iraq.
In the gulf war, both the coalition and Iraq had equal power based on the kind of the weapons they had which made the fight to end quickly without much loss. This is opposed to the Iraq war where the Iraq military had possession of the arms of destruction leading to high losses during the war and causing the U.S. to lose the

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