>Fail to protect the Shi'a>Fail to bring Saddam to heel>Allow Iran to set up shop in Iraq>Major cause of the GWOT>Directly cause the Iraq War
Great article on this,https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07075332.2020.1741423
End of my dump.>>65321045>>65321056Anyone know why aircraft shelter 17 was cratered '97-'98?
>>65321008Why is the AIM-120 mounted on the wingtips on F-16s so often? You would think the AIM-9 would be on those more.
>>65320992What did you propose they do besides the no-fly zone? The war was over.
>>65322980Something to do with drag and balance, I believe.
>>65322980>>65323640F-16 wingtip experiences shock buffeting at transonic speeds, basically the wing vibrates because of the way shockwaves form, there's a feedback loop where the wing twist causes a shock which then causes the wing to twist the other way etc. this causes excess strain on the wing, not dangerous per se but it does reduce its lifespan. putting a heavy mass (like an AIM-120) at the wingtip makes it harder to move, so the shocks don't feed into each other.
>>65321076Its ahmad al-jaber air base in Kuwait, it was struck by coalition bunker busters during the gulf war, and by the looks of it, they never bothered to repair most of the damages HAS's, theres still holes in them in the present day. Though they did seem to somewhat fix the famous one from the picture.
>>65320992>implying that wasn't intentional
>>65323689Thank you. Thought it likely to be unrepaired Gulf War damage.
>>65320995huh, my 22nd birthday
>>65321076>End of my dump.
>>65320992>Fail to protect the Shi'aGet over the illusion that the US ever intended to protect anyone. During the 1980s, when Saddam was his most brutal, he had complete US support. During the 1980s, the CIA was lauding his efforts integrate the Shia, despite the Dujail Massacre and execution of Shia clergy. Once the threat of Iran exporting an Islamic revolution subsided, Saddam stopped being seen as useful to the US and Israel. Saddam also turned his aggression from Iran towards our Jewish masters, but that's another story.>Allow Iran to set up shop in IraqIran didn't set up shop in Iraq until after the US invasion. All of the major Shia insurgent factions in Iraq weren't formed any earlier than 2003, with many of them forming in 2006, during the Iraqi civil war. Naturally Iran started funding these groups simply because they protected Shias and their holy sites.The war against ISIS also allowed Iran to consolidate power in Iraq. But the rise of ISIS can also be blamed on the US failure in Iraq.
