The Gulf War Did Not Happen

Many literalist miss the point of this book. Instead, it should be read as a dystopian novel that has trapped us like characters in an Orwellian nightmare. In a Pirandello sense, Vietnam should have taught us of the dangers of limited warfare.  American troops are still at the last simulated war we fought in: the Korean Conflict. Instead, we are characters in search of an author.

The conflict was orchestrated like a video game. We only saw targets blow up and cheered as they blew up on tv.  We did not see blood like we did in Vietnam. It seemed like a war game.

Being a fake war, no justice was allowed. No completion was allowed. It was a game or simulation to show power.

Nothing was resolved.   Saddam is still in power. In Korea, the son of a feudal dictator now rules.

America's presence is still required in the area. We are still in Korea.

In a cyberpunk fashion, fiction is not fiction; fact has become fiction.  The war controlled by the media instead of being reported by the media.

A true war has a resolution. Simulated wars only cost money and offer no real solutions.  Instead, the simulated fires were put out and more fires were started.

Saddam is often compared to Hitler. If Hitler was allowed to live, what would have happened to history?

After word:

Now we threaten to actually complete the war, to defeat Saddam.  We wait for the weather to cool and then invade.