Given are two statements:

Statement I: A massive coalition force of 6,60,000 troops from 34 countries fought against Iraq and defeated it in what came to be known as the First Gulf War.

Statement II: The first Gulf War revealed the vast political gap that had opened up between the US and that of other states.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

The correct answer is Option (3) - Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

A massive coalition force of 660,000 troops from 34 countries fought against Iraq and defeated it in what came to be known as the First Gulf War (Statement I). However, the UN operation, which was called ‘Operation Desert Storm’, was overwhelmingly American. An American general, Norman Schwarzkopf, led the UN coalition and nearly 75 per cent of the coalition forces were from the US. Although the Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, had promised “the mother of all battles”, the Iraqi forces were quickly defeated and forced to withdraw from Kuwait.

The First Gulf War revealed the vast technological gap that had opened up between the US military capability and that of other states (Statement II). The highly publicised use of so-called ‘smart bombs’ by the US led some observers to call this a ‘computer war’. Widespread television coverage also made it a ‘video game war’, with viewers around the world watching the destruction of Iraqi forces live on TV in the comfort of their living rooms. Incredibly, the US may actually have made a profit from the war. According to many reports, the US received more money from countries like Germany, Japan and Saudi Arabia than it had spent on the war.