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How decades of US ‘forever war’ led to the Republicans’ midterm losses

By Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Adjunct Professor, IE University; California State University San Marcos

After the 1991 Gulf War, Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, declared “dignified victory” despite a military defeat. He had survived the invasion, while his adversary George HW Bush was facing a recession at home. Bush would go on to lose the 1992 elections to Bill Clinton, who swept to victory with the slogan: “It’s the economy, stupid”.

Even with Iraq’s armed forces devastated, Saddam was…

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