Essay On Persian Gulf War

Persian Gulf War The Persian Gulf war had affected the whole world in a negative way during after 1991, influencing around 30 nations to join and fight in the war, it also affected U.S.’s economy, and many oil wells in Kuwait were lost due to Iraq’s temper towards their enemies. Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq was in debt because of the previous war with Iran and this, along with Iraq’s greed for oil influenced Iraq to invade Kuwait and take over their rich oil plants. This incident was not only threatening the U.S.’s economy, but many other countries saw this as a setback to their economy fearing that oil prices would be raised if Iraq got control over Kuwait’s rich oil supply. Saddam Hussein’s threat to invade Kuwait had woken over 30 nations to join as allies in the conflict creating the beginning of the Persian war. Kuwait is small country, but has a rich production of oil. Even though Kuwait was rich their military was not strong enough to fight Iraq’s army, lead by Saddam Hussein. The united nations tried to resolve the invasion peacefully by asking the Iraqi troops to leave Kuwait. Saddam Hussein had, “refus\ed to comply, Operation Desert Storm was launched on Jan. 18, 1991, under the leadership of U.S. Gen. Norman …show more content…
The U.S. couldn’t afford an Iraqi invasion in Kuwait because that would give Iraq control over majority of the oil in the Middle East. This would allow Iraq to overprice the oil which would put the U.S.’s economy down, since oil is a high demand in America. This forces the U.S. to join the war. This is another negative affect because “American military commitment in the Gulf leading to a financial burden for U.S. taxpayers--that lasts for years” (Peterson, LATimes). Many industries took a turn for the worst for example, “The airlines saw the cost of jet fuel, which had been 60 cents a gallon before the invasion, soar to $1.40 a gallon by mid-October” (Silk,