In August of 1990‚ Saddam Hussein‚ the Dictator of Iraq‚ invaded the small neighboring country of Kuwait with goals to acquire profitable oil supplies. By attempting to control over one-fifth of the world’s oil supply‚ Hussein also posed an immediate threat to other powers in the Persian Gulf. George H.W. Bush‚ the American President at the time‚ responded to the tension stating‚ “this will not stand‚” resulting in Operation Desert Storm. SOURCE The causes leading up to Operation Desert Storm
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The purpose of this Essay is to gain a better perspective on Operation Desert Storm and gain a better understanding on what brought upon this war why did Saddam want to control kuwait’s oil‚ and what input did the United States have into starting and ending this War? On August 2‚ 1990‚ Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait. While Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had been making threats against Kuwait for quite some time.the actual invasion caught most of the world by surprise. everyone expected just a limited attack
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people ’s trust. An example of such ruler was Saddam Hussein‚ who ruthlessly ruled over the Iraqi people for twenty five years. After Hussein ’s capture by the United States armed forces‚ the dictator was asked why he had lied about weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Hussein answered that if the Iraqis and the Iraq ’s neighbors had had acknowledged that he had gotten rid of his WMD‚ he would have lost control within and without the country. Saddam Hussein tried to trick the world and maintain a perceived
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particular and that is Saddam Hussein. His actions lead to the U.S. joining with allies in the motion to contain Iraq‚ and later the result of the U.S.’s choice to retaliate against threats against them by Saddam Hussein. Today‚ the U.S. is still struggling‚ as well as benefiting from the war in Iraq. Based on the causes that served to initiate the U.S. getting involved in a war with Iraq‚ the outcomes of such events played a major role in the effects of the country. Saddam Hussein was the ruler of
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Iraq was in post-war reconstruction after losing the First Gulf War in 1991. Saddam Hussein’s terrible leadership caused Iraq to be a country in poverty. The United States invaded Iraq in order to assassinate Hussein and to stabilize Iraq. Saddam Hussein and his family moved from city to city to escape the assassination. The United States had bombed many cities and killed many civilians during this search for Hussein. The United States invasion of Iraq led to the destabilization of Iraq which caused
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States had been supplying Iraq with military supplies for the better part of the 80’s‚ so that they could fight the Soviets. The Iraqis’ in turn used those supplies to attack Kuwait. Desert Shield became Desert Storm by President Bush giving Saddam Hussein an ultimatum saying that if they did not withdraw by January 15‚ 1991‚ then the United States would force them to withdraw. This war was much more than the United States protecting
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forces formally occupied Baghdad‚ and on December 13 the same year‚ Saddam Hussein‚ the former Iraqi dictator was captured while hiding in a cellar in the outskirts of Tikrit. After the first Gulf war in 1991 Iraq was told by the United Nations to stop testing weapons of mass destruction and biological
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fatalities in 2012. The year before 2003 when the Iraq war started‚ President Bush began publicly focusing attention on Iraq‚ citing the possibilities of Saddam Hussein acquiring weapons of chemical‚ biological and nuclear weapons‚ or more commonly
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multifaceted and included religious schisms‚ border disputes‚ and political differences. The war broke hostilities ranging from conflicts between the religious pacts of Sunni-verses-Shia and Arab-verses-Persians‚ to a personal animosity between Saddam Hussein and Ayatollah Khomeini. The Iraqis launched the war to consolidate the rising power in the Arab world and replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf State. Iraq claimed the right over the Shatt el Arab and territories inhabited by Arabs. Iraq hoped
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control of the oil resources in the country by taking it away from the United States and Great Britain. The republic was able to remain in control for about ten years until there was a successful led by the Ba’thist‚ which until recently was led by Saddam Hussein. The United States wanted to have some sort of control of Iraq and its oil supply. The U.S began to post posters and brochures all over the Middle East. In Iraq‚ shops‚ schools‚ and other public locations had anti-communism posters. Iraq not
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