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The Gulf War was no mistake

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Published July 21, 2014 10:00am ET
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The Gulf War was no mistake
A motorist in Dubai in the U.A.E. holds a special afternoon edition of "Gulf News" published in response to Saddam Hussein's announcement of the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait on Feb. 27, 1991. (AP Photo/Gill Allen) | Gill Allen

Gene Healy, in his June 30 column, declared that the Gulf War was “America’s opening Iraq mistake.”

Was it really a mistake to stop the aggression of a madman bent on becoming a modern-day King Nebuchadnezzar, on a quest to invade quite possibly a huge swath of southwest Asia?

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