Gulf war
The United States of America was justified in taking a dominate military role in the Persian Gulf crisis. This role was justified due to Saddam Husseins invasion of Kuwait, the threat of chemical warfare and the encouragement of the United States Congress and the United Nations Security Council. This conflict grew out of tension over oil, with Iraq claming that Kuwait was pumping oil from a field on the Iraq - Kuwait border and not sharing the profit that arose from this field. In the beginning, Americans and the world only assumed at worst the Iraqi’s would seize the border to intimidate Kuwait into settling their differences. What happen was a different story with the Western world stepping into what Saddam Hussein himself called, the mother of all battles. Saddam Hussein had given his word to both Egypt’s President and Saudi Arbia’s King Fahd that he would not invade the neighboring country of Kuwait. However his word turned out to be just a smokescreen for the planned invasion. This bluff along with Saddam’s treatment of the Kuwait citizens and Kuwait’s poor military protection were all reasons why the United States was justified in its military actions. Saddam had told, “ the American ambassador to Baghdad, April
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Approximate Word count = 1593
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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