Gulf Cartel

It all begins in Monterey Bay California, where author Johnathan Steinbeck and a close friend by the name of Ed Ricketts seek out boat and crew for a Marine Science expedition. Fishing out of Monterey bay is no strange occurrence, but Steinbeck’s and Ricketts voyage was quite different from all the other boating operations in the area. They were planning on sailing into the Sea of Cortez between the boarder of Mexico, and Baja California. This territory at the time was still being explored and…

demands to depart from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War had started with an enormous U.S.-led air offensive known as an Operation Desert Storm. Also, after 42 days of fierce attacks by the affiliated coalition on the ground and in air, George H.W. Bush, U.S. President at the time, declared a cease-fire on February 28. By that time, a majority of Iraq forces in Kuwait had either fled or surrendered. The Persian Gulf War was…

Objective: To briefly describe the justifications of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait and the methods used by the United States, the United Nations and Coalition Partner Nations to force his withdraw. This paper touches on the buildup of military forces and their actions known as Operation Desert Shield, and the ultimate use of force known as Operation Desert Storm. Key words: Iraq, Kuwait, United States, Saddam Hussein, George H. W. Bush, Dick Cheney, H. Norman Schwarzkopf,…

The timeline of events and developments in the Middle East from 1979 to the present are important pieces in a jigsaw puzzle that go to make up U.S. foreign policy in that part of the world. The missing pieces of the puzzle consist of the larger context that was long in the making, especially since the end of WWI, when the centuries-old Ottoman Empire ended, and the empire’s Arab Lands fell under Western control. An ostensibly independent Iran, and Saudi Arabia had been an ally of the U.S. and…

Ali Tahabrown Mr. Seehafer Humanities II: American Studies 13 April 2016 America's Responsibility Winston Churchill once said, "Where there is great power, there is great responsibility." By enforcing the regime change that brought down Saddam Hussein, America saves 60,000 lives every year (Alexander). By invading Iraq, America has helped facilitate the Iraq economy's nominal GDP growth by 317% (World). By acting forcefully in the world, America has spread democracy to over 4…

eroded and deposited into the same area. This is usually where the sand originates. Galveston beach is known as a barrier island. Galveston Island is located south of Houston, about 50 miles. Galveston Island split up west Galveston bay and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The natural formation of the island started 5,300 years ago. Located…

taking care of the little fresh water that we have then the water will not continue to support the entire human race. One example of companies not caring enough about the environment was the huge BP oil spill in 2010. Although the spill happened in the Gulf of Mexico, some of the contaminated water traveled into the rivers making the fresh river water not safe to drink.…

The Gulf War, also known under the code name of Operation Desert Storm, is the effort of a war waged by coalition forces from thirty four nations led by the United States in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The 1990s event sparkles the long lasting tension following a history of friction between Iraq and the United States in the modern chapter of the world history. According to statistical data reported by CNN, the U.S. Department of Defense has estimated the cost of the…

Saddam Hussein was accused of harboring weapons of mass destruction. This made the United Nations and other countries including the United States uneasy. Saddam Hussein was told to get rid of these weapons of mass destruction he supposedly had and had been building for a purpose for years. The US was right to go to war with Iraq to take down Saddam Hussein, but it came with unintended consequences. The long war with Iraq was a war which had many reasons. The United States did not want for Saddam…

The official launch date of Operation Iraqi Freedom was in March 20th, 2003. In October of 2002, congress authorized the president to use force towards Iraqi to defend “the national security of the United States - improve security, establish a system of governance, and foster economic development”. The first most focused goal was to remove Saddam Hussein’s regime. An estimated 151,000 to 60,000 Iraqis were killed in the 3-4 years of conflict. The United States officially withdrew from the…