The Bush Administration's Relation With Iraq Prior to Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait

his time in office. He did little for international relations, Was irresponsible with the nations

The Persian Gulf War began with Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq moving his forces into the neighboring country Kuwait mid-1990. During this time Iraq had the fourth largest army in the world, after being supplied by the United Sates during their eight year war with Iran raised some concerns. (Operation Desert Storm) Also with the chance of Iraq controlling one-fifth of the world’s oil supply didn’t sit well with the United States, nor its Allied forces. (Operation Desert Storm) Early August 1990 the United Nations Security Council directed Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait by 15 January 1991. (Operation Desert Storm) Towards the end of 1990 United Sates began the defense of Saudi Arabia, which known as Operation Desert Shield. Along with multilateral support, the United States sent

leader of Iraq, had Invaded Kuwait for its oil and its seaports. In a matter

Firstly, it is important to understand why the United States decided to support Iraq. One of the reasons, is their loss of Iran as one of their “twin pillars.” When Nixon took office in 1969, his administration undertook a major review of US Persian Gulf policy. As part of an effort to redefine US military interests in key areas throughout the world by way of supporting certain states with arms rather than military forces. The result was the Nixon Doctrine, which relied on security cooperation with regional states to protect US interests around the world. In the Gulf, the United States heavily supported Iran and Saudi Arabia, a strategy that would quickly be known as the “Twin Pillar Policy.”

The Persian Gulf War all started because of one country’s greed for oil. Iraq accused Kuwait of pumping oil and not sharing the benfits, and Kuwait was pumping more oil than allowed under quotas set by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, it decreased the price of oil, Iraq's main export. Iraq's complaints against Kuwait grew more and more harsh, but they were mostly about money. When Iraqi forces began to assemble near the Kuwaiti border in the summer of 1990, several Arab states tried to intervene the dispute. Kuwait didn’t want to look weak so they didn’t ask for any help from the United States or other non-Arab powers for support. Arab mediators convinced Iraq and Kuwait to negotiate their differences in Saudi Arabia, on

During the 1990’s, the US was involved in two important events, Clinton's impeachment threat and the Persian Gulf War. In 1999, President Bill Clinton was accused of perjury by a grand jury due to his obstruction of justice. Lying under oath, Clinton claimed he did not have relations with unpaid intern Monica Lewinsky. During a four-hour closed testimony, Clinton spoke live via closed circuit to a grand jury in a closed courthouse. Clinton faced many consequences. Eventually, he was acquitted by the U.S. Senate, according to the website: This Day in History, December 19. In addition, from 1990-91, the Persian Gulf War had occurred. Many other countries contributed to the start of this war. Different countries were taking Iraq’s oil supply.

In 2003 America engaged in a war with Iraq because we suspected that Iraq was hiding weapons of mass destruction. The American Federal Government did not want there to be a chance that terrorist groups could gain access to these weapons and then use them against us or some other unprepared country so President George Bush waged a war against them which was very different from our stance in World War II. During that time, we tried almost everything we could to avoid joining in the war. But after we were violently attacked by Japan in Pearl Harbor, we figured there was no way to avoid going into war now. We had just cause and the necessary military forces to fight back, so we did. We joined the

The Gulf War in 1990 and the invasion of Iraq in 2003 both had a profound impact not just on the countries directly involved - primarily Iraq and the United States (US) - but also on the geo-politics of the world. Arguably, the War ended in a stalemate because the Iraqi regime that had started the War by invading Kuwait remained in power. Perhaps inevitably then, in March 2003 the US and its allies invaded Iraq with the stated aim of overthrowing the regime of Saddam Hussein and destroying that regime's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Some similarities between both Wars are immediately obvious: for example, the same country, the

On August 2, 1990, Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, attacked Kuwait as a result of overproduction of oil in Kuwait, which had cost Iraq an estimated $14 billion a year when oil process of obtaining the

January 12, 1991 - U.S. Congress passes a resolution authorizing the use of force to liberate Kuwait. Operation Desert Storm begins four days later with air strikes against Iraq. Iraq retaliates by launching eight Scud missiles into Israel.

The Persian War began when Iraq leader Saddam Hussein, ordered to take over Kuwait in early August 1990 due to a border dispute and allegations that Kuwait stealing Iraqi petroleum. Therefore, western forces such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on The United States for help. By January 1991 the allied coalition against Iraq had reached a strength of 700,000 troops (Encyclopedia Britannica). Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein refused to obey The United States order to withdraw from Kuwait so, President George H. W. Bush announced the start of Operation Desert Storm (ushistory.org); a military operation seizing Iraqi forces from Kuwait. At the end of it all in February of 1991 when Iraq was defeated The Kurds and Shīʿite went into heavy rebellion.

government officials that were identified as conspirators against the Ba’ath party. (5) His ruthless and brutal dictatorship would bring his country to war with neighboring Iran from 1980 to 1988. Initially a territorial dispute, Hussein would cite Iran’s Islamic fundamentalism as his motives for continued combat and Iraq’s use of chemical weapons. (6) The war resulted in more than 100,000 combat deaths and drove Iraq deep into debt. The military annex of Kuwait in 1991 was intended to absolve Iraq of this financial responsibility to it’s neighbor. (7) The United Nations Security Council, in particular the United States, responded with force to drive Saddam Hussein’s army

As soon as the invasion the happened, President Bush, as a leader, believed that helping Kuwait against Iraq was on behalf of the United State’s national interest. Kuwait is one of the most important export oil country and a huge amount of the United States’s oil comes from import. Once Iraq take over Kuwait and seize the major oil fields of Saudi Arabia and raise the oil price, American economic will face a heavy losses. However, oil was not the only reason. The most important reason for President Bush is that on the one hand, in his mind, helping Kuwait was a matter of principle: Help the good against the evil. On the other hand, U.S. military involve would improve America's international credibility, especially in this first major crisis

In order to fully interpret the nation of Iraq’s holistic condition during and after the Saddam Era, Social, Political, and Economic factors must be weighed accordingly and in contrast to each other. In order to do this, the span of years leading up to 1989, and

Persian Gulf War, also called Gulf War, (1990–91), international conflict that was triggered by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990. Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait with the apparent aim of acquiring that nation’s large oil reserves, canceling a large debt Iraq owed Kuwait, and expanding Iraqi power in the region1. The Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein claimed as a reason for the invasion a territorial dispute over the Shatt al-Arab, the waterway which forms the boundary between the two countries2. Saddam Hussein believed that Iran was in turmoil and that his forces could achieve quick victory3.