> The USA-led coalition conclusively won the Gulf War.

That was a weird win with another invasion required for some reason and a toxic legacy of Gulf War Syndrome and no fly zones.

Military the US crushed it but it didn’t seem to solve anything.

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jcranmer 4 days ago | parent [-]

The goal of the First Gulf War was, expressly, to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control and (to a much smaller degree) to remove Iraq as a possible regional hegemon for the next decade or so. Which it succeeded at. Once you've succeeded at your objectives, and the enemy has capitulated, what value is there to prosecuting the war further?

	▲	lostlogin 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		> what value is there to prosecuting the war further? That’s a question best handled by Bush Junior and the American people. What was the second war for?