Why did the gulf war end faster than the war we are fighting in the middle east right now?
There are a lot of misconceptions in your statement. Gulf war I was a military conflict and the Iraqi military was destroyed. The second Gulf war too was a military conflict with the aim of removing the government of Iraq. It too was a short and successful war. The war you are referring to now was an insurrection, a power struggle if you will. Most of the fighting has been between rival factions seeking to seize power in Iraq. US has been involved in propping up the legitimately elected democratic government of Iraq. Those factions were there before the US invasion. Saddam Hussein needed to be a brutal leader to keep control of the country. The US made an error in destroying the infrastructure in Iraq. It has made it very difficult for a government to function. People have been disillusioned because of lack of electricity water security and that has added fuel to the fire of the insurrection. The war is pretty much over. Al Qaeda backed militias have been denounced by the people of Ira
