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The Gulf War
The war was fought under a UN mandate and stands as the model of what a united Security Council can achieve — a rare situation, made possible by the Cold War having just ended. Militarily it showed what precision weapons and air superiority mean. Burning oil wells in Kuwait sent smoke across half the region for months.
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