The Persian Gulf War : Operation Desert Storm

“All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.” (John Steinbeck). Across the history of mankind, war, regardless of its reasons and outcomes, had led to the countless loss of human life. The gulf war, also known as the Persian Gulf War, is an international incident triggered by the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq under its leader, Saddam Hussein, which led to long term effects on the politics of the region. Many western historians claim that Sadam’s probable motive was to seize the wealth of Iraq’s oil rich neighbor, Kuwait. The claim is that Saddam, in his act of invasion, was trying to rid his country of the severe economic trouble that it found itself facing after its war with Iran. There were other reasons for Saddam’s invasion

The incorporation of Patriot was a result of the confrontation with the Soviet Union. The Patriot system was instantaneously recognized in Desert Storm. Operation Desert Storm began on January 16, 1991. The conflict, better known as the Gulf War, was in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. Desert Storm was a crucial battle where Air Defense had the opportunity to showcase its abilities.

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

On August 2nd, 1990 Iraqi military forces invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. The order was given by Iraqi dictatorial president Saddam Hussein. His aim was apparently to take control Kuwait's oil reserves (despite its small size Kuwait is a huge oil producer; it has about 10 per cent of the world's oil reserves ). Iraq accused Kuwait, and also the United Arab Emirates, of breaking agreements that limit oil production in the Middle East. According to Saddam Hussein, this brought down world oil prices severely and caused financial loss of billions of dollars in Iraq's annual revenue.

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

The relationship between the United States and Iraq has been a rather complicated relationship. This relationship can be classified as a roller coaster ride that last through out history. The United States and Iraq relationship became rocky in 1958 when King Faisal was overthrown and Iraq signed with the Soviet Union. Because of the relationship that the United States had with the Soviet Union this made Iraq and the United States relationship a little questionable. In 1967 Iraq broke all ties with the United States when they decided to join ranks in the protest of the United States and Israeli strategic alliance. This decision that the Iraqi made once a country we were allies to a country we do not trust but we will deal with, a country

During the Cold War Saddam Hussain and the Arab Socialist Ba 'ath Party lead Iraq. Sunni Muslims, who were a minority in Iraq, enjoyed increased political power as most politicians were Sunni. During the Cold War Iraq began to increasing align itself with the USSR and espouse the philosophy of uniting all the Arab world under socialism. However the dream of Arab unity was shattered during the Iraq-Iran War. In Iraq 400,000 soldiers died, 400,000 were wounded, and 100,000 civilians died. A few years after the war, the USSR collapsed, and Iraq lost its biggest supporter, and dream of socialism began to fade in the population’s eye. Right after the collapse, Iraqi invaded Kuwait, triggering the Gulf War. Iraq was defeated by the USA. Sensing weakness in the Iraqi government, full scale rebellion broke out in Northern Iraq. Saddam accused

In August of 1990, Iraq leader Saddam Hussein, invaded the neighboring country of Kuwait in an effort to gain control over there oil reserves and increase Iraqi power because the more oil you have today the more powerful you become as everybody needs oil for almost everything. The United Nations called for Iraq to

Saddam then staged him armies along the Kuwaiti/Iraq border and the military waited for the order to invade Kuwait. The small country could not defend themselves with the overpowering larger force and within hours, Kuwait City had collapsed. The Emir fled to Saudi, taking his family and regime with him. Now Saddam that his military had seized the country, he was in control of 20 percent of the world’s oil

Bombing occurred for several weeks before ground war began. 100 hours after ground war started, Kuwait was declared liberated. American troops then entered southern Iraq. Saddam’s concerns were that if his regime toppled, Iraq could disintegrate into a civil war. Iraq eventually agreed to a ceasefire and the conflicts became less severe. However, the conflict cost Kuwait millions of dollars in damage and disturbed oil wells. Iraqi troops detonated explosives in these oil wells on their way out of Kuwait and threw oil into the Persian Gulf. The end of this war proved to be a success and gave confidence to American people and soldiers.

Saddam Hussein takes over Kuwait, and on January 17, 1991 President George Bush signs Operation Desert Storm. War is upon the Middle East.

Saddam Hussein became the head of the Iraq government in 1979. Around the same time, radical Islamic ideas coming from the Islamic Revolution were spreading in the region, especially Iraq, Saddam feared those hostiles movements and in 1980, invaded Iraq. The country had the support of many nations, including the United States, for doing so. The war ended eight years later, and Iraq didn’t achieve what it had desired. The war caused thousands of deaths, left Iraq with a debt of billions of dollars and slowed its development on oil export. Kuwait was one of the states that supported Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War, the country was also scared of the Islamic and Revolution and wanted to prevent Iranian hegemony in Kuwait. Even though, since Kuwait’s

The Iraq war also known as the Second Persian Gulf War begin in March 19, 2003. In 2007 violence in Iraq declined and the Unites States increasingly decreased its military presence. The Unites States formally ended their involvement in December 2011. The 2003 invasion of Iraq coined Operation Iraqi Freedom signaled the beginning of the war in Iraq. The United States led a coalition with the purpose of capturing Saddam Hussein president of Iraq. In May 2003 Saddam Hussein was captured by the United States. With his capture, a civil war broke out. While there are many reasons why the Iraq war begin, one the most well-known was the idea that the Iraqi government was in possession of weapons of mass destructions (WMD). The war in Iraq

            The reason why the Persian Gulf War happened needs to go back to what happened after the long lasting war between Iran and Iraq.  Iran and Iraq ministers met in Geneva looking for peace.  Saddam Hussein surprisingly was willing to give up the territories that his troops occupied a long time ago to dissolve the conflict.  Just two weeks later, Saddam Hussain accused Kuwait for transporting oil from the Ar-Rumaylah oil field located on their common border illegally.  Kuwait has links with Iraq. In a sense Kuwait was like a kid brother or sister that are kind of from the same family.  Iraq had problem with debt because they borrowed money from many countries due to the war between Iran and Iraq.  He used this opportunity to try to clear his debt by demanding Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to cancel out Iraq’s debt.  He accused Kuwait to keep oil prices low in an attempt to satisfy Western oil buying nations in their own interest.  Hosni Mubarak was the president at the time and he first tried to start a negotiation between Iraq and Kuwait

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