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Desert Shield and Desert Storm 20 Years in Retrospect

机译:回顾20年的沙漠盾牌和沙漠风暴

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In 1898 John Hay famously characterized the Spanish-American War as a "splendid little war." On the 20th anniversary of Desert Shield and Desert Storm, US Airmen might say the same about those two operations.rnAn international response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, Desert Shield was a buildup of coalition forces in the Persian Gulf region. For months the prospect of what Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein threatened would become the "mother of all battles" worried Western leaders, who noted that the Iraqi military-one of the world's largest-boasted extensive Soviet-made weaponry and troops battle-hardened by an eight-year war against Iran. Flux in the international situation added to the uncertainties faced by US policy makers. The Berlin Wall had fallen the previous year. The Soviet Union appeared to be in terminal decline but remained heavily armed. Airpower would play a major role in any combat operation against Iraq, but the legacy of the Vietnam War gave US leaders nagging doubts about airpower's potential effectiveness.
机译:1898年,约翰·海伊(John Hay)将美西战争描述为“精巧的小战争”。在“沙漠盾牌”和“沙漠风暴”成立20周年之际,美国空军对这两个行动可能会说同样的话。在1990年8月对伊拉克入侵科威特的国际反应中,“沙漠盾牌”是波斯湾地区的一支联合部队。数月来,伊拉克独裁者萨达姆·侯赛因(Saddam Hussein)威胁的前景将成为“一切战斗之母”,西方领导人对此感到担忧。西方领导人指出,伊拉克军方是世界上拥有最大武器的苏联制造的大规模武器之一,其部队经对伊朗的八年战争。国际局势的动荡加剧了美国决策者面临的不确定性。去年柏林墙倒塌了。苏联似乎处于衰落中,但仍然保持着全副武装。空中力量将在针对伊拉克的任何作战行动中发挥重要作用,但越南战争的遗留问题使美国领导人对空中力量的潜在效力感到疑惑。

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