Before the first Gulf War, it's interesting to note that Iraq had one of the largest standing armies in the world... Air superiority and a unified practiced strategy of quick supression were what won that war. Vietnam was, I would think as a layperson, a poor comparison because it was basically an escallating and poorly-managed "police action", without any of the practiced theories in GWI. I would think that the Korean War and GWI are more similar in that respect (And thus more fitting for such a comparison in outcomes)...