In the USA we don't see him as a mass murderer. He was an unmitigated hero to me. He got the war over fast. He got me home fast. The ground war lasted 100 hours. I was a regular army rad tech at 85th Evacuation Hospital (My unit from Ft Lee VA) located right up against King Abdul Aziz Airbase in Dhahran. I mean the wire fence of the airbase was just behind our tents. When the air war began it was deafening as groups of US, British and French attack aircraft took off seven at at time.

We were the only non-fixed advanced hospital that received casualties from the Scud missile strike attack on the US National Guard barracks about 7 miles away from where our mililtary hospital was sited. The impact of that Scud, about 8 pm our time was LOUD--it shook the ground were we were, 7 miles away. 27 Guardsmen and women were killed. It was about 72 hours of genuine mass cal war casualties for us. I saw bad things, but that's how it is when you are in war.

We also received more than 100 injured from the regular Iraqi army and the Republican Guard. One RG casualty had been severely injured in his upper thigh about 2 weeks before he got to us. His deep wound was swarming with maggots, because his people neglected him. The stench of decay was horrific. He was overjoyed to see us. And he thanked us profusely over and over again. All RG patients were handcuffed to their beds and watched over by MPs.

I was at Operation Desert Shield/Storm from 20 Oct 90 to 10 Aug 91. I'm 62 now.

Are you in the UK? You use the British spelling of "realize". I know that a lot of Brits don't like Trump and the Republican party. 50% of the US population loves Trump. 50% of the US population hates Trump. The US is now in what I would characterize as a "cold" civil war. It could turn "hot" easy.

I, however, loved your Queen. She was a hero too. She was what we in the USA call an honorary member of "The Greatest Generation".