Desert Triumph (CBS) - Desert Storm documentary - 2 of 4
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Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)
[0:12] Get your gun.
[0:16] [Music]
[0:25] During the first two months of 1991, the
[0:27] United States and 27 other members of
[0:29] the United Nations were at war with
[0:31] Iraq. During this short period of time,
[0:34] this coalition carried out one of the
[0:36] most violent and successful assaults
[0:38] ever made on a major enemy force. To
[0:41] wage this war, they used almost every
[0:43] military means at their disposal.
[1:00] [Music]
[1:17] I'm and rather. This is the story of how
[1:20] the United States suddenly found itself
[1:22] halfway around the world in a war not so
[1:25] much against a nation as against a
[1:27] single person. A man who bragged that if
[1:29] he was challenged, American soldiers
[1:32] would drown in their own blood in the
[1:35] mother of all battles. The enemy was
[1:37] Saddam Hussein, the unelected president
[1:40] of Iraq. Saddam had risen to power using
[1:43] murder and terror to destroy his
[1:45] opposition and to control his people. He
[1:47] had squandered his country's oil wealth
[1:49] on a war with neighboring Iran. A
[1:51] horrible 8-year conflict in which a
[1:53] million people died for a cause that was
[1:56] never very clear. For the United States,
[1:59] the Iran Iraq conflict was a war between
[2:01] two countries for whom we had little
[2:03] love. But we supported Saddam because he
[2:06] was keeping Iran in check. We could also
[2:09] imagine he was the avenger for Iran's
[2:11] heartless treatment of American
[2:12] hostages.
[2:14] When Saddam's war with Iran was finally
[2:16] ended, there was no winner. Iraq had
[2:19] gained nothing but enormous casualties
[2:21] and financial chaos. Nevertheless,
[2:24] Saddam Hussein's unrestrained desire to
[2:26] be the ruler of the region remained. So
[2:29] too