Desert Storm Revisited

War Council
Three of the principal architects of the U.S. war effort meet at a command center in Saudi Arabia, from left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell; Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney; and CENTCOM Commander General Norman Schwarzkopf, who is credited with drawing up the war's basic strategy. In the months leading up to the war, Schwarzkopf developed a plan that took advantage of America's superiority in the air, using missiles and other aerial weapons to destroy what he termed Saddam's "center of gravity — his ability to wage war. That means Saddam Huseein himself because of the highly centralized leadership...The Republican Guard and his chemical, biological and nuclear capability."

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