War Country A Country B 4 th largest

War! Country A Country B • 4 th largest army in the world • The technology of one of World’s two Super Powers • Has used poison gas very recently in war • Has used poison gas on own ppl • Will have approx. ½ troop strength of enemy • Technology of one of the world’s two Super Powers • Has not used poison gas

Country A Country B • Fighting near homeland and/or on home soil • Army recently finished fighting a vicious eight year war • Leader has total control over country and has been in power for over a decade • Leader has promised the “Mother of All Bloodbaths” • Will be fighting thousands of miles from home • Lost the last war they fought in • Leader has only been in position for about two years and does not have total power over country

Who will win? Why?

Will it make a difference in your choice if I tell you who the two countries were? Iraq America • 4 th largest army in the world but soldiers were demoralized and fatigued from eight years of war • Poorly supplied and equipped • Many troops did not believe in the mission • Used Soviet tech – which proved not as effective as American tech • Poorly led • Afraid to use chem/bio weapons on America • While troops sent over were much smaller in number - much better in quality • Better equipped, supplied, and led • Believed in the mission • Very high morale • Brilliant leaders • America indicated willingness to retaliate with nukes if necessary

“Stormin Norman” Schwarzkopf

Iraq

Highway of Death

What had Iraq initially done that had led to the Gulf War? 1990