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Originally posted by DeltAlum
Actually, I would argue it this way.
WWI: Kaiser Wilhelm
WWII: Adolph Hitler and Emperor Tojo
Korea: Can't remember who was running N. Korea Then
Vietnam: Eisenhower/Kennedy -- one of each, but they were dumb enough to inherit it from the French.
Desert Storm: Saddam when he invaded Kuwait.
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Ahem... some corrections are necessary above.
WWI: Kaiser Wilhelm II, along with the Austro-Hungrarian Empire and a few other "interlocking alliances".
WWII: Hideki Tojo was Prime and War Minister during the war. Emperor Showa (Hirohito when he was still alive) was the head of state. While Hirohito was largely a figurehead, many reports have surfaced that he was more invollved in the conduct of the war than once thought. Tojo got strung up after the war; the Emperor Showa continued his reign until the mid-1980s.
Korea: Kim Jong Il's daddy, Kim Il Sung (with more than a little prodding behind the scenes by ol' "Joe [the man of] Steel" (Josef Vissarionovich Dzugashvili, aka Josef Stalin) and Mao Tse Tung (or more familiar in the current Chinese spelling as Mao Zedong).
Vietnam: Nguyen Ai Quoc, better known by his
nom de guerre Ho Chi Minh. And yes, we inherited the clusterf*ck from the Froggies.
Gulf War I and II - Saddam al-Hussein al-Tikriti. Rudey's right about the war in I-rack never ending - it was a violation of the terms of the terms of the cease fire and of UN resolutions.
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