Nowhere was this obstacle more frustrating for American rulers than with regard to Iraq, where the dictator Saddam Hussein had been a U.S. ally until he invaded the oilfields of neighboring Kuwait in July 1990. . ..…

Security Council to impose one of the most brutal sanctions regimes in history on Iraq, ostensibly order to punish Saddam Hussein, for his 1990 invasion of Kuwait.. ..…

He accepted responsibility for environmental damage by Kuwait's burning oil wells. ... Saddam Hussein remains the dictator of Iraq and his view of history prevails there. ..…

The idea of Security Council proving its utility is for it to accept his way of dealing with Iraq, including ousting Saddam Hussein in the bargain, even. Ironically, U.N monitors of the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait notified Security Council the day that armed U.S. ..…