On the morning of August 2, 1990 the mechanized infantry, armor, and tank units of the Iraqi Republican Guard invaded Kuwait and seized control of that country. The invasion triggered a United States response, Operation DESERT SHIELD, to deter any invasion of Kuwait’s oil rich neighbor, Saudi Arabia. On August 7, deployment of US forces began. United Nations Security Council Resolutions 660 and 662 condemned Iraq’s invasion and annexation and called for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi forces. On August 20 President Bush signed National Security Directive 45, “US Policy in Response to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait,” outlining US objectives – which included the “immediate, complete, and unconditional withdrawal of all Iraqi forces from Kuwait,” and the “restoration of Kuwait’s legitimate government to replace the puppet regime installed by Iraq.”1 A UN ultimatum, Security Council Resolution 678, followed on November 29, 1990. It stipulated that if Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein did not remove his troops from Kuwait by January 15, 1991 a US-led coalition was authorized to drive them out. Early in the morning of January 17, Baghdad time, the US-led coalition launched air attacks against Iraqi targets. On February 24, coalition ground forces begin their attack. On February 27, Kuwait City was declared liberated, and with allied forces having driven well into Iraq, President Bush and his advisers decided to halt the war. A cease-fire took effect at 8:00 the …
Following Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, the Coalition Forces first pause – Desert Shield – and than attack – Desert Storm. But there remain many unanswered questions …
only to save humans dipshit i have been in this war me 3 brothers died defending my country and the torture and hanging skinned bodies with clamps the nightmares as a 12 year old child.
O’Rly Now!
This whole thing is complete bullshit! This was all about oil! Dumbfucks!
and only to save muslims. what a shame
he kiled like a dog madar fuker sadam
Doesnt matter how years they fought, thousands of lives were lost in their useless war.
8 year war with iran not 10
We use a $700,000,000 plane to drop a $200,000 bomb on an Iraqi with $500 worth of gear.
And where are your roots from, you must be Red Indian.
More like build up the Debt.
so as history puts it, US also invaded iraq in the 2nd gulf war to ease the US debt problem!
Where are you from buddy? England? Your country has done countless atrocities.
“Had committed an act of unprovoked agression!” lmao
Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait: 200 Kuwaiti Soldiers dead.
Operation Desert Storm: 20,000 Iraqi Soldiers dead.
General Norman Schwarzkopf was a contestant on the December 27, 2012 episode of Celebrity Bucket Kickers.
More evangelical bullshit, as expected. Did the Taliban teach you how to recite all that, or do they teach you how to shoot girls in the head for going to school and having an opinion, or repressing women in general? Being utterly and homocidally intolerant of other’s religions, cultures, rights, etc.?
People like you speak as though the United States is the only nation in history that has ever done anything wrong. Those who do that much finger-pointing have much to conceal themselves…
To Treetop64 American Idiot:
Your morals and values are build on lies and blood of innocent people.
Your economy is built on slave labor and extortion.
Your wars are unjustified and cruel.
Your emotions contains arrogance.
You allow your ignorance and confidence to prevail upon others and make them more dumber.
You are right about one thing; “somethings cant be fixed”
- crooks will remain crooks, even after centuries -
- keep on stealing
I don’t even know where to start with this, it’s so utterly baseless.
I’ve come to accept that some people willingly make a conscious decision to be glaringly ignorant, all for the sake of making noise and satisfying their own extreme, emotionally based leftist desires.
Some things can’t be fixed, I guess.
lol
1. Permission was never asked, Hussein also used Chemicals against the Kurds that killed over 500,000 men, women and children of all ages years later.
2. Strict enough to force Hussein to make irrational decisions, such as invading Kuwait without provocation.
3 Hussein could not prove that Iraqi Oil was being stolen.
1) on US’s permission
2) how “strict.”
3) slant drilling did occur. that is where the drill can take oil horizontally from the well.
4) true, but traqi aziz spoke to james baker if it was “ok” to invade (because nothing “major” happens in the world without the us blessing) and he pretty much winked.
can you really justify vietnam ?
can you justify the 2 horrible nukes (that was 1000000x more honorless than any of hitlers actions) in japan? (instant 2000000 death civils)
you americans are way to proud in your character even when you are doing bullshit.
u got no arguments than “the cool thing”….
i can tell you if america would attack my beloved france or my beloved germany, then i would be a “terrorist” too
60 years ago we called them “la resistance” now you call them terrorists
“better late than never”
Dude, I love you (no homo) but you are protecting Kuwait, and I thank you for this, We will pay you back for this, Thank you.
Oh we did, After it in a bit though
should have killed saddam then in 1991
Not True at all, the US sent money to Iraq, so Hussein can use the money to purchase Old Soviet Union Military Equipment to attack Iran.
As for Kuwait, thats straight BS, Iraq was going broke, because of the 10 year war with Iran, hence why Hussein invaded Kuwait because of its production of Oil which exceeds Iraq’s oil production.
USA gave weapons to IRAQ and told them to attack IRAN and Kuwait
you immature little children stop arguing and just watch the video! Jesus….
Without the coalition, of which the USA was the dominant force, Iraq could have been successful. He probably would have taken part of Saudi Arabia.
gamingfox991/fuck urself u son of bitch
nato and usa fought iraq army in iraq and saudi arabia army is the army who fucked iraqis in kuwait so usa and nato didnt free kuwait , saudis did bro
damn !!! without USA and NATO forces kuwait was totally fucked !!!
nope its just saudi arabia and us was helping kuwait and there was best 17 heros of kuwait 12 dies and 5 survived god bless them
suddam he is one fucking idiot stupid mother hammer shit bitch who slap his mom ass KUWAIT 4Ever
Where are Arabs suddam only strong
I got confused by desert shield and desert storm MINDFUCK!
60% was NATO
30% was Kuwait
10% were other arab countries.
If you don’t believ me check wikipedia.
t wasn’t being helped by USA only
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and the rest of the gulf countries help Kuwait
and the Saudi Arabia was sending soldiers as much as USA was !
Kuwait was too weak to fight against iraq therefore they called usa to help them.
u idiot
it was Iraq vs Kuwait
not US
does anybody even know the truth that america told iraq that they should invade kuwait
Learn the History of War in the Region and you’ll know more, the Iran-Iraq war was not the first gulf war.