Original sentence: Six countries have more troops than the United States, five of them through conscription.The United States entered World War I in 1917 and played a minor role in the Allied victory
Edited sentence: However, some of these interventions, particularly in the Persian Gulf War, a new enemy in the form of militant Islam began to take shape, rallying around the battlecry of removing "infidel" forces from "Islamic Lands", the Middle East.Six countries have more troops than the United States, five of them through conscription, although this is virtually irrelevant due to the fact that the US' massive technological supremacy and superior training and equipment for each soldier makes extremely large amounts of personnel not neccessary.The Iraq war continues today, with the threat of Civil War between the various political groups now a more important issue than the actual liberation of Iraq.The United States entered World War I in 1917 and played a major role in the Allied victory, supplying millions of fresh troops to the Western Front and forced the Central Powers to capitulate.The draft remains a legal proposition in the US for emergency situations, and if installed the US would have a military much larger other nations