There were three Gulf Wars in the 20th and 21st centuries:
2. Operation Desert Storm (Jan/Feb 1991)
3. Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003- )
No, there was only one Persian Gulf War in 1990-91.
1. The Iran-Iraq War was fought entirely between Iran and Iraq in 1980-88, and it did not affect oil exports in the Persian Gulf until the latter stages.
2. Desert Storm was not a war. It was an operation within the Gulf War. There were several operations in the Gulf War, but Desert Shield and Desert Storm were the main ones. In the Gulf War, Iraq faced an alliance of oil-producing and -consuming nations, but Iran was not one of them, as Iran remained neutral.
3. Current hostilities in Iraq and Afghanistan are not a gulf war either.
Iran was only involved in the First Persian Gulf War also known as the Iran-Iraq War and that war was resolved by armistice after a stalemate. Iran was not part of the Second Persian Gulf War (from 1990-1991) or the Third Persian Gulf War (from 2003-2011).
why was the gulf war a success and why was it not
The most recent war in the Persian Gulf was the Iraq War of 2003-2011.
Which of the 3 Persian Gulf Wars are you referring to?
The Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
Iran was only involved in the First Persian Gulf War also known as the Iran-Iraq War and that war was resolved by armistice after a stalemate. Iran was not part of the Second Persian Gulf War (from 1990-1991) or the Third Persian Gulf War (from 2003-2011).
why was the gulf war a success and why was it not
The region of the world where the war took place was in close proximity to the Persian Gulf.
Which of the 3 Persian Gulf Wars are you referring to?
The most recent war in the Persian Gulf was the Iraq War of 2003-2011.
That is the Persian Gulf.
The Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
Which gulf war? There were 3 of them.
Many thousands died in the Gulf war.
In the Gulf Wars of 1980-1988 (the Iran-Iraq War) and the Persian Gulf of 1990-1991 (the Persian Gulf War), Iraq was the aggressor. In the Gulf War of 2003-2011 (the Iraq War), the United States was arguably the aggressor.
The so called "Tanker War" fought in the original "Persian Gulf War" in the 1980's between Iran and Iraq was in the Persian Gulf...that's the name of it.
Patrolled Persian Gulf, see website: USS Stark