I was looking back to the Gulf War timeline....the last overt country invades another country situation I recall.
August - Iraq invades Kuwait
For 5 months, the US gets allies and they position militaries near the Iraq-Saudi border
For 5 weeks, we bomb the shit out of them
In late Feb, we actually take Kuwait back with boots on the ground and 100 days in, are halfway into Iraq, total dominance.
So I have 2 thoughts:
a - things seem to need/want to move so much faster now.....whether it's social media or a cluster of 24-hour news networks instead of just 1 (CNN) back then....it seems like expectations now are on relative fast-forward
and
b - the big differences between the players then and now are what they provide us (the victims - Kuwait: oil, Ukraine......hot blondes?) and who the aggressor is (lowly Iraq vs dangerous Russia).
I've heard of Russia being labeled as a hapless gas station on the world's stage.....I tend to think of them as a big, muscular guy with twig legs. You're screwed if he gets his hands on you, but is easier to topple over than he should be.
