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The End of the Desert Storm Age

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The End of the Desert Storm Age

We didn't know it then, but Operation Desert Storm was the turning point.

Jonathan V. Last
Oct 19, 2021
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The End of the Desert Storm Age

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General Norman Schwarzkopf (L) and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Colin Powell watch the Desert Storm victory parade from the reviewing stand. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

1. Colin Powell

I only have one Colin Powell story.

It’s November 1995. I’m in college. I’m nominally Republican and Bill Clinton and his dope-smoking, hippie saxopho…

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