Essay On Operation Desert Storm

Operation desert storm was unnecessary and served as a catalyst for 25 years of violence between the Middle East and the United States. While Operation desert storm is technically over the destruction caused in its doing is not. Operation desert storm caused a lot of damage to the middle east and because of that damage American has been plunged in 2 wars with the Middle East. One of those wars we are still in today, nearly a generation since the original operation. Operation desert storm was one of the largest multinational operations in the history of the world. Operation desert storm AKA(the Gulf war) was caused by the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who sent troops into the tiny country of Kuwait. The problem with this was that Kuwait is one the world 's largest oil providers, and taking over Kuwait posed a threat to Saudi Arabia, which was another large oil provider. If Kuwait and Saudi Arabia were both taken by Hussein then he would be in control of ⅕ of the world 's oil supply. This posed a tremendous threat to the United States. So the U.S and the United Nations devised an …show more content…
While Operation desert may have seemed like the right thing to do, time has showed us that we should have elaborated more on the idea of going to war in the middle east, and the long term effects it would have on our country. We the people of the United States have watched our loved ones die and our country suffer, and to think that all of the hardships this country has faced since Operation desert storm could have been avoided is something we really need to think about. Our country 's leaders need to look at the consequences that the Involvement in the middle east as caused us, and think about those consequences next time we are called upon by our allies for help; Because maybe next time we can avoid national debt, and lose of American