- Bit off topic but what about the Iran/Iraq war 1980-1988 being the real GW1 ????
Then the coalition clearing Saddam out of Q8 in 1991 as GW2.
( I was a hostage for a while during the invasion but we were all home for Xmas 90 before the Shock & Awe started. I knew some of the crew from the east-bound BA 747 which landed in Q8 shortly after the invasion and never left. )
Then 2003 with USA and friends finally sorting out Saddam (but in parallel leaving a very destabilised region) as GW3.
(I was on the last BA out of Q8 westbound before that one kicked off)
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians and Iraqis died in 'my' GW1, They should not be forgotten. Saddam was 'our' man then - encouraged to take on the Mullahs after the deposition of the Shah of Iran.
And at that time there was also a missile war from Iraq directed at Iranian cities.
Maybe we'll soon see more missiles flying around the Gulf ? Hope not.
Last edited by Dubaian; 4th Jan 2020 at 18:08.
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