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¶ … 1990 Gulf War, but, given the subsequent perspective of the U.S. external policy during the following years, the actions that followed, the current war in Iraq, with its own justifications, bring a new light into the Middle East problem and the U.S. involvement in the entire region.
In 1990, George Bush had an excellent justification for an intervention in a region that had been, until then, an area of Soviet influence during the Cold War. Indeed, the Soviet support for Arab actions against Israel, the only American ally in the region, was notorious. With the Iraqi invasion in Kuwait in 1990, consequent with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States could finally be involved in a region that determines the trend of the global economy, given the largest oil reserves present here. In the beginning, as we can see from George Bush's speech, the involvement reduced itself to a moderating role: the United States...
The approach is interesting enough here: the aggression of an Arab state by another Arab state gave the United States the unexpected possibility to act as a moderator in a region where it would have had otherwise, at the respective moment, no significant powers.
However, the peaceful negotiations had no chances to succeed, and the United States already knew this, given Saddam Hussein's character, known to the Americans from the support they had provided for him during the Iran -- Iraq war. Following the leading role as a moderator in the conflict, the United States could now assume the military leading role, by leading a coalition that had a tremendous international support (George Bush mentions that there are five continents involved in taking military action against Iraq).…
Gulf War of 1991. The writer explores the history, the cause, and the war itself. The writer uses several sources to illustrate what the U.S. government bas dints decision to go to war on and how well received that decision was by the American public. As the U.S. gears up for a probable attack on Iraq American minds turn back the hands of time to 1991 and the Gulf War.
Gulf War I (1991) vs. Gulf War II (2003) The recent U.S. attack against Iraq reminds the world of a similar event not so long ago in the history of the world: in 1991, a U.S.-led attack against Iraq occurred, under the leadership of George H.W. Bush. More than a decade later, a U.S. president, son of G.H.W. Bush, led an offensive attack against Iraq on grounds of not following UN
The United States should propose economic and political incentives for Iraq to moderate its behavior and to increase our influence" (George Bush- the Persian Gulf War, 2008). The incentives included massive food exports to Iraq which was a huge benefit to American farmers. The administration resisted demands from many human rights activists in Congress to enforce sanctions against Iraq. And they dismissed Saddam Hussein's public threat to destroy half
Some Americans were dissatisfied with the explanations and "No Blood for Oil" became a rallying cry for domestic opponents of the war. After a sober January debate, the Senate finally voted 52-47, and the House 250-183, to authorize the President to use force (Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991). The Persian Gulf War was not another Viet Nam. The opposition was not as great, nor was the support for the administration's actions
President Bush's War On Iraq President Bush feels the United States should launch a preemptive strike on Iraq, rather than waiting for sanctions by the United Nations. He has received support from some political groups while facing opposition from others. Each side presents valid arguments on why they believe the U.S. should or should not go to war with Iraq. Sanctions In 1990, the United Nations imposed sanctions on Iraq after it invaded Kuwait.
Persian Gulf War During the last eighteen months of the Cold War, the United States and members of a United Nations coalition were engaged in a large-scale war. The United States deployed over 500,000 soldiers, sailors, and air force personnel - the largest such deployment since the Vietnam War, but the war it found itself in was not of global scale, but regional; and the enemy was not the U.S.S.R.