Match List - I with List - II.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

The correct answer is option (1) - (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

Explanation:

First Gulf War:

The First Gulf War revealed the vast technological gap that had opened up between the US military capability and that of other states. 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.

Operation Desert Storm:

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. 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.

Operation Infinite Reach:

Operation Infinite Reach was the codename for American cruise missile strikes on al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan & Sudan, in August 1998. This operation was ordered by President Bill Clinton in response to the U.S. embassy bombings. (Another significant US military action during the Clinton years was in response to the bombing of the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in 1998. These bombings were attributed to Al-Qaeda, a terrorist organisation strongly influenced by extremist Islamist ideas. Within a few days of this bombing, President Clinton ordered Operation Infinite Reach, a series of cruise missile strikes on Al-Qaeda terrorist targets in Sudan and Afghanistan.

A New World Order:

In August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, rapidly occupying and subsequently annexing it. After a series of diplomatic attempts failed at convincing Iraq to quit its aggression, the United Nations mandated the liberation of Kuwait by force. For the UN, this was a dramatic decision after years of deadlock during the Cold War. US President George H.W. Bush hailed the emergence of a ‘new world order’.

{Please note, as per the given options the most appropriate answer is option (1) - (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)}