CNN Guest Boasts Desert Storm Was 'Very Popular'

"The American people love to win. If you go back and you look at Desert Storm, and obviously you can speak to this much better than I, I mean it was very successful. The amount of time they had troops on the ground for was days, not even weeks, and you look at Bush's ratings coming out of that and he had an 89% approval rating."

"Well, it's already been much longer than Desert Storm, and it's also, of the conflicts that we've seen over the last, you know, 50 years, this is perhaps the most unpopular. The American people are already unhappy with this."

A New York Post correspondent cited George H.W. Bush's 89% approval rating following Operation Desert Storm in 1991 to defend President Trump's military actions, arguing that Americans support military victories. However, this argument overlooks a critical historical fact: despite the high approval rating, Bush lost the 1992 presidential election to Bill Clinton, ending 12 years of Republican control. CNN host Abby Phillip countered that the current conflict has already lasted longer than Desert Storm and remains unpopular with the American public. The comparison illustrates how short-term military popularity does not necessarily translate into sustained political support or electoral success.

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