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On the recordFebruary 7, 1995
Well, actually I think it would be very, very difficult for the United States to be engaged in two wars the magnitude of Desert Storm and win, and secondly, even if we won, it would be very difficult to win without taking enormous casualties. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney said, as I recall, some months into the Clinton cutbacks that it would be very, very difficult to win a single Desert Storm again in the manner that we won it the first time, and there are two aspects to fighting this regional conflict.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois
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Discussing the challenges of U.S. military engagement in multiple conflicts.

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