Once the Cold War came to an end, a major foreign crisis presented itself to the United States; this crisis is now a piece of America’s history. Towards the beginning of 1990, Saddam Hussein gave his army strict orders. Once the orders were given, Saddam vigorously spread his army across the border of Kuwait. Iraq’s army was very well equipped at this time and more than prepared to cause major damage and inflict war. Hussein was the well-known dictator of Iraq. People knew him as being intimidating, irrational, and a lover of war. Iraq was very prepared to overtake Kuwait’s oil supply and cause unfathomable damage. Tiny Kuwait is a major oil supplier to the United States and the US is dependent upon them. Therefor, the United States military
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Bush. Bush’s strong suit was being able to act on tragedies and wars quite quickly. George was undoubtedly the best president to have on the front-line at this time. According to ushistory.org, the president confidently quoted on live television that, “this would just not stand”(1). In the last months of this year, the first deployment commanded by Bush finally was placed into action. The command then was named ‘Operation Desert Shield’. During this mission, America helped out as best as they could in the defense of Saudi Arabia. Ushistory.org tells us that “over 500,000 American troops were placed in Saudi Arabia in a case of an Iraqi attack on the Saudis(1)”. The United States further sought help in the United Nations Security …show more content…
“CNN broadcast round-the-clock coverage of unfolding events. Americans saw footage from cameras placed on smart bombs as they struck Iraqi targets(Charles2)”. A piece of equipment which is called the stealth fighter was also put into use for the first time. The piece of work was designed to avoid radar detection, which was an amazing technological advance, and the public was amazed at the impressive work it could do. “General Norman Schwarzkopf and General Colin Powell became household names as citizens watched their direction of the conflict unfold, and view their amazing
Bush. Bush’s strong suit was being able to act on tragedies and wars quite quickly. George was undoubtedly the best president to have on the front-line at this time. According to ushistory.org, the president confidently quoted on live television that, “this would just not stand”(1). In the last months of this year, the first deployment commanded by Bush finally was placed into action. The command then was named ‘Operation Desert Shield’. During this mission, America helped out as best as they could in the defense of Saudi Arabia. Ushistory.org tells us that “over 500,000 American troops were placed in Saudi Arabia in a case of an Iraqi attack on the Saudis(1)”. The United States further sought help in the United Nations Security …show more content…
“CNN broadcast round-the-clock coverage of unfolding events. Americans saw footage from cameras placed on smart bombs as they struck Iraqi targets(Charles2)”. A piece of equipment which is called the stealth fighter was also put into use for the first time. The piece of work was designed to avoid radar detection, which was an amazing technological advance, and the public was amazed at the impressive work it could do. “General Norman Schwarzkopf and General Colin Powell became household names as citizens watched their direction of the conflict unfold, and view their amazing