Evangelicals celebrated Desert Storm as redemption from Vietnam

Evidence

Unlike Catholic bishops and Protestant mainline clergy, most evangelicals enthusiastically supported Operation Desert Storm. In this first major military engagement since America’s humiliating defeat in Vietnam, it wasn’t initially apparent how things would unfold, but once the ground assault against Saddam Hussein’s forces commenced, the answer became clear. This was no Vietnam. It was a stunning display of American military superiority. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 320

Categorization

• XREF: Directly evidences the militant-masculinity-through-war framework: Vietnam humiliation followed by military restoration is the emotional logic the reader needs to explain.