By Lisa Goudy
On Jan. 16, 2015, it was 24 years since the United States launched a massive air assault against Iraq.
This operation, Operation Desert Storm, was in response for Iraq’s
invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990. The assault started the day after a
United Nations-imposed deadline expired for Iraq’s withdrawal from
Kuwait.
It marked the beginning of the Gulf War. Canada also played a role in
this war during the Canadian operation Friction that included about
4,000 personnel participating in the intervention. Canada was one of 35
nations involved in military operations sponsored by the United Nations
to push Iraq out of Kuwait.
War is an all-too-common act in our history and our present. In the
cases of the Middle East, it is accompanied by a wealth of complex
background. I think it makes it easy to dismiss or pretend it isn’t
happening.
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