>Kuwait is just a game to me
Gulf War thread?
>kurds are nothing but roaches to me
>Saddam never invaded Saudi Arabia, decimated Wahabism or turned pan-Arabism into a global force
What a missed opportunity
Saddam literally did nothing wrong, prove me wrong.
>inb4 muh TURDish genocide
western myth
>>1116929
I used to like Saddam, but then I found out the K*rd genocide never happened.
>>1116929
Iraqi here, he fucking ruined Iraq. I hate you /pol/ack cunts.
>>1115058
>pan-Arabism
>Under Saddam
Would have ended up as well as Yugoslavia post-Tito.
>>1115039
>Alsace-Lorraine is just a game to me
t. Adolf Bachmann
>tfw the west will never have another military victory in the Middle East ever again
>>1116946
Yeah, it was a gem before he showed up.
>>1116969
America had such a sweet aesthetic during he Gulf War.
muh choco chip
>>1116962
Dark, fat and useless?
Realest nigga
>>1116979
You could tell when guys got there. The first guys were all in woodland. The last to arrive were all in desert camo. Everyone else was a mish-mash of both.
>>1117006
Gone too soon ;_;
>>1115039
America should have taken down Saddam in 1991 when they said they would.
>>1117045
You're going to love the irony here.
The reason we didn't is because the Bush Senior cabinet was afraid of being bogged down by a protracted insurgency, and removing the major counter to Iranian influence in the region.
>>1117025
dem Sterlings
>>1117045
What would that have accomplished?
>>1115039
>Kuwait is just a governorate to me
>>1117108
about as much as doing it in 2003
>>1117064
>The reason we didn't is because the Bush Senior cabinet was afraid of being bogged down by a protracted insurgency, and removing the major counter to Iranian influence in the region.
It arguably wouldn't have led to consequences as bad as we have now. America would have won some good will among the Shi'a and Jihadism wouldn't have had as much time to develop. Iraq would have had a lot more time to get it's shit together before the rest of the Arab dictators inevitably decay, meaning something like IS wouldn't have happened.
>>1117108
>What would that have accomplished?
It would be long enough ago that people would have forgotten about it so I wouldn't have to listen to stupid hippies bitching about it. Also there wouldn't be all these muh oil muh petrodollars memes and the US would have a better justification and arguably even the moral high ground.
>>1116929
Of course he did
was anti-Israel
and wanted to start selling oil for euros instead of us dollars
>>1117227
>muh petrodollars
Read a book retard
>>1117025
>get out of here stalker
>>1116946
You're lucky. At least your dictator was Iraqi and not a foreign puppet.
>>1116946
Yeah because life is so nice with ISIS as your next door neighbour
>>1117583
I'd rather have a psycho next door than live in a psycho's house
>>1116978
Compared to the Saddam era and onwards, yeah.
I prefer the Iraq-Iran war desu.
It's like a mish-mash of WWI, Korea and the USSR's misadventures in Afghanistan.
>>1117142
>Inevitably
Wew. Most of them seem to do pretty fine until the CIA takes an interest in them.
>>1117583
The fact that Iraq is worse after Saddam's regime doesn't mean he didn't already destroy Iraq you fucking retard
>>1115039
I was born after the gulf war and don't know much about it!! Will any kind anon tell me the story of Gulf war.
>>1117583
Now it's not so niceis
i feel bad for the people of iraq
>be living in middle east
>probably really fucking hot all the time
>have shitty dictator
>united states invades killing a fuck load of people
>but hey at least there's democracy
>democracy gets shitty and corrupt
>o-oh ok well at least things can't get any wor-
>isis starts a shitstorm
well there's always the YPG
>>1116946
شيعي ايراني حقير
>>1116979
woodland vest/mopp over chip bdu is the GOAT 80s-90s infantry fit imho
>>1117794
this
is swear the intellectual capacity of the average /pol/tard will always amaze me, these guys are actually fucking retarded
>>1116969
it was a victory because they didn't attack but help protect kuwait
you can't invade and pacify a muslim country
>>1118785
At what age is it appropriate to begin inspectin' them hairs,
The gulf war always looked weird as fuck to me
all that sand and burning oil everywhere made it look like it was happening on another fucking planet
>>1119626
>>1119626
It looks cool as hell. I remember seeing Jarhead and loving those burning sky scenes.
How much did they wear the PASGT flak vest?
>>1116979
https://youtu.be/2Beda3kFNjo
Muh gameboy
>>1116946
>I miss the hustle of the Baghdad days
It weren’t a shit hole in the late ’80s
>>1116946
KURD DETECTED
>>1119626
It was surreal. High noon and you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. Got home and a year later my doctor told me to stop smoking. I don't smoke.
>>1117692
>Most of them seem to do pretty fine until the CIA takes an interest in them.
The CIA have always had an interest in them. They decay for other reasons. Extreme nepotism and corruption lead to shitty governments who can't handle the slightest change in the status quo so they implode.
>>1117905
>YPG
>Iraq
>>1120525
Iraq was definitely on its way to Westernization before Saddam showed up
>>1120544
W-what ?
were you a soldier there ?
>>1121024
Yup. Marine though; Army are soldiers.
>>1119626
There's a Herzog film about that visual that's pretty interesting, Lessons of Darkness
>>1121082
yea I've seen it , only found shit tier torrents though
looked like you were in hell
I heard that in the navy they used to blast pretty aggressive music to put the guys on a more aggresive morale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSLY8xmjXdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-qI7nxFWXI
>>1121112
Fuckers were stuck floating for six months. Had to do something.
>>1121112
yeah unfortunately i don't think the hd rips are on public trackers
>>1121027
>marine, not a soldier
Haha OK pal
>>1122953
Not him. Marines are obviously soldiers by the usual definition, But in the US military, members of the Marine Corps are called "Marines", Army guys are called "Soldiers", Air Force are called "Airmen". It's just part of the culture.
>>1117064
I also enjoyed The Fist of God
![20140614_MAM914[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/P1BzMaw.png "20140614_MAM914[1].png")
>>1117596
>than live in a psycho's house
