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A Iraqi Type 69 II tank captured, 1991.
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They don’t look anything like their portraits .....
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On the Basra-Kuwait Highway near Kuwait City after the retreat of Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm, looks in the background are some British AFVs.
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M1 & M1A1 Abrams at the start of the operation Desert Storm.
"Mother of all Battles" indeed!
Beginning of the end of the American century.
One does wonder . . .
No question in my mind. The apex of Pax Americana was the mid-50's. We have been in decline ever since. The pace of decline is accelerating with each passing year.One does wonder . . .
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Three French soldiers from the Foreign Legion in the Saudi desert, wear full chemical warfare equipment during a training session during the war on Oct 1990.
God that looks hot, and not in a cool way!
Isn't "the first gulf war" the Iran-Iraq war?
Well, it was for them I s'pose.
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So says the original image: "Gulf War, Oct 26, 1990".-
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A US soldier stands atop of a destroyed Iraqi T-55 while the oil fields of Kuwait burn behind him, northern Kuwait, early 1991.
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Great hole! Repair crews inspect the hold that was ripped open in the hull of the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LPH-10). She hit an Iraqi mine on Feb18, 1991, while serving as a mine-clearing platform in the northern Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm.
Hardly.
The Pax Americana is definitely in the decline and headed for its demise.
I just hope it holds on for another 35 or 40 years.
I just hope it holds on for another 35 or 40 years.
Depending on the November results, it might last 35 to 40 years or it might be over in four.