george h.w. bush: an appreciation

Forty-one’s other great foreign policy achievement was the Gulf War. He viewed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s invasion and conquest of Kuwait as a threat, not just to the region’s critical oil supplies, but also to the emerging post–Cold War world. ... The end of..

america has won its last war

The fact that American actions in Gulf War betrayed Kurds and Shiites and left Saddam Hussein power to continue slaughtering U.S allies shows that the outcome of this conflict was, at best, another stalemate for United States.. ..

the state of the world: a framework

Maastricht Treaty set the stage for Europe's attempt at integration and was the framework for Europe in post-Cold War world. Saddam Hussein's of Kuwait was designed to change the balance of in Persian Gulf after Iraq- Iran war and tested United States..

iraqi general taking control

Gambar, Shiite in his early 60s, was held as U.S prisoner after his capture in Gulf War. He and his unit were decorated by Saddam Hussein for their defense of Kuwait's Fialaka Island at the opening of the conflict. ..

iraq war should remind u.s. of lessons of ww ii

The left-wing of the spectrum tends to claim that the war was unjustified and carried out entirely incorrectly the right wing likes to portray the war its conduct and the post-war operations.. George Bush Sr had the opportunity to remove Saddam Hussein at the conclusion..

u.s. lays out case for attack on iraq

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration laid more Thursday for attack against Iraq that the president says he has not yet decided to launch, trying to key support from Britain and approving new funds to help opponents of Saddam Hussein.. Israel, the other U.S ally in any new Persian..

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