Gulf War 2

The Gulf War In the early morning of August the second 1990, Saddam Hussein and a fleet of tanks as well as 100,000 thousand troops invaded neighboring Kuwait with out provocation or warning. Iraq also had surface-to-surface missiles to take complete control of Kuwait; this all took place just hours after Saddam Hussein had assured neighboring countries that there would under no circumstances be an invasion. George Bush entered the Gulf War for the sole reason of …

…fending off the possible attacks from Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi army. The threat of chemical warfare, the possible attacks on the Saudi’s, the aggression act, Hitler syndrome, Kuwaiti oil, and finally the disregard by Saddam Hussein for the sanctions placed on Iraq. Causing the deaths of many of his people were all key factors, which contributed to George Bush and the United Nations entering the Gulf War and battling, Saddam Hussein. Word count:1,242