Gulf War II developed by Dermot O’Connor. It’s a Flash simulation rather than a game. It presents a plausible scenario for the reality in the Middle East following the American invasion of Iraq. The game has only one possible outcome, which is American victory at the cost of billions of dead Muslims. Along the way we are exposed to chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, changes of government in Arab countries, the war between India and Pakistan, etc. While in reality the scenario offered by the game is far-fetched, O’Connor based it on articles from leading American newspapers and on reports of the former National Security Advisor, Brent Scowcroft, sketching a picture of possible escalation in the entire Middle East into chaos following an American invasion of Iraq. Some may say this is a one-sided scenario by a member of the anti-American war camp. On the other hand, since the war in Iraq is far from over, and other wars still take place in the region – who knows…
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