Reply #15: And the plan was set by his predecessor, dismissed for telling the truth

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I forget the Air Force General's name, but he made the plan for Desert Storm and told reporters we were going to bomb the hell out of Iraq and then unleash the ground forces. This was to much for Bush Sr, so he was fired and Schwartzkopf was given command. I can NOT remember the Air Force General's name, but to replace him the Command Structure in he Middle East was changed so that Schwartzkopf was in supreme Comma nf (He had Commanded the Pentagon's section regarding the Middle East since 1988).

Now the following site mentioned long term plans for war in the Middle East and how Schwartzkopf changed them to be more like Desert Storm became (This was in the years between 1988 and 1991):
http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/Swain/swain.asp

Basically the plan was the result of years of theorizing about wars in the Middle East more than the result of one's General's thinking.