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Before the Gulf war, Iraq imported about two-thirds of its food.
ECONOMIST: Iraq
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The Gulf is so far away that prior to World War Two, few Americans thought there was any reason to visit the sparsely populated region, much less establish a permanent military presence there.
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The dollar bounced by 10% in trade-weighted terms within two months of the end of the Gulf war.
ECONOMIST: War and Iraq
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Thanks to the Lockerbie disaster, the Gulf war and a recession, air travel then fell for two years in a row.
ECONOMIST: Aircraft industry
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He disregarded warnings from the national security adviser during the first Gulf War, the chief of staff of the army, two former commanding generals of the Central Command, whose jurisdiction includes Iraq, the director of operations on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and many, many others with great integrity and long experience in national security affairs.
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The 1991 Gulf war battered tourism, but ended with foreign creditors forgiving nearly two-thirds of the country's debt.
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We asked two questions about World War II, Vietnam, the 1991 Gulf War and the current Iraq War.
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China, for example, strongly opposed Nato intervention in Kosovo two years ago, and refused to support the US-led coalition during the Gulf War.
BBC: China asks US to look beyond Nato
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For example, in 1964 he voted for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that essentially gave the Johnson administration carte blanche authority to wage war in Vietnam (only two senators and no House members voted against it).
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