Story: Michał Piekarski
Those who know the history of the US military uniforms
know the reasons behind the emergence of the 6-colors
desert camouflage pattern quite well. This pattern,
usually associated with Operation Desert Storm, has
been adopted by the US military in the early 1980s. Back
then, an actual risk existed that hypothetically, a conflict
involving Iran could break out in the Middle East.
Throughout four decades, the
possible confrontation between the
United States of America and Iran,
governed by Ayatollahs, has been
one of the conflicts that never broke
out with full intensity. There have
been some periods with heightened
tensions only - such as an act
against the US and French soldiers in
Liban made by terrorists supported
by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps or some fights in the Persian
Gulf. The killing of General Soleimani
in an air-strike by the US or shooting
down of the US RQ-4 in the Hormuz
Strait can also be listed among the
significant developments here. The
recent conclusion of a peace treaty
between Israel and UAE has also
been interpreted as a step towards
cooperation in a joint effort to
contain Iran's will to expand. The
tensions are also visible due to the
cases in which tankers carrying the
Iranian oil are stopped.
In the background one sees Iran's
ambition to take and maintain an
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