One of the major ways Muhammad Ali changed our country was because of his actions in the Persian Gulf War. In 1990, a tragic event happened in the world known as the Persian Gulf War. This was a time where Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, attempted to take over neighboring area Kuwait and used several aerial attacks to take down Kuwait. This seriously injured and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Kuwait citizens which was not good for the economy or the other countries around Kuwait. Many Americans were worried about this because in the act of this take over, Saddam captured 15 Americans and kept them hostage. America knew it would be hard to retrieve the hostages because of the power the Iraqi leader had. In an attempt to save the hostages,
