Why Was The Gulf War Important

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The Gulf War

What was the Gulf War? Why was it important? Why was the U.S. apart of it? All of these questions will be answered throughout this paper, so just sit back and enjoy as you read a part of our history, and how Don Snow was during this time, and what he learned.

The gulf war was split into two part. Desert Shield was the before war. Desert Storm was the actual war. I had asked Don Snow what the difference between Desert Shield and Desert storm was and he said, “Desert shield was were we hadn’t dropped bombs yet. We were in the area and was getting things ready for the war. Desert storm however was the actual war.”

Desert Shield started on August 2nd of 1990. George Bush was the president at the time who had called

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