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Saddam Hussien had been at war with Iran for 8 years. In this time he had used all of his countries' money and resources to fund the war. He saw opportunity in Kuwait because of their vast oilfields and decided to have them for himself. As he massed troops on the border, president Bush saw the need to protect the oil fields, and thus world stability and warned Hussien not to do it. He kept on, and Bush responded by sending in the troops.
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∙ 8y agoThe war started when Iraq invaded Kuwait. This was seen as an aggressive action, and after attempts to restore peace, the UN approved a war. America, along with a coalition of other countries, decided to liberate Kuwait. There was also the matter that both of these countries had huge deposits of oil.
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∙ 14y agoThe US became dependent on imported oil decades before the Gulf War. After the invasion of Kuwait, there was a legitimate concern that Iraq was moving to gain control of the Persian Gulf and the oil flowing from it. By shutting off the oil, the US and other oil-consuming nations would have been ruined. It was a strategic necessity for the US to restore the status quo in the Persian Gulf, and it had to be done quickly, which is why the UN Security Council met in emergency session in the wee hours of the morning on August 1, 1990.
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∙ 11y agoThe small oil-rich country of Kuwait, historically part of the Ottoman Empire, was invaded by Iraq on August 2, 1990. Kuwaiti forces retreated to neighboring Saudi Arabia and appealed to the UN for help. President George H. W. Bush ordered the deployment of massive military forces along the Saudi border with Kuwait, supported by a coalition of more than a dozen other nations. Between January 17 and February 28, 1991, combat operations in Operation Desert Storm routed the Iraqi army and sent it fleeing back to Iraq. In the retreat, many Kuwaiti oil wells were set ablaze.
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∙ 15y agoThe United States Navy patrolled the Persian Gulf during the 1980's and maintained an open sea for fuel tankers traversing the gulf: See Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988).
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∙ 11y agoto preserver the human rights/ protect their Oil fields.
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∙ 7y agoTo protect Kuwait from an Iraqi invasion
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When did the US become involved in the Gulf War?
lasted not even a whole year. 1991
What US Marine Corps units were directly involved in the Persian gulf war?
Which gulf war? There were three of them.
When did the Us get involved in the Persian Gulf War?
8/2/1990
In what year did the US become involved in the Persian gulf war?
The freeing of Kuwait called Desert Storm took place in 1991.
When did the us win the Persian gulf war?
The US was involved with all three golf wars; which one?
What event caused the US to become directly involved in the War?
Gulf of Tulkon incident.
When did the US become involved in the Gulf War?
lasted not even a whole year. 1991
How did the US become more involved in the Vietnam War?
Two naval battles in the Tonkin Gulf between the US Navy and the North Viet Navy, referred to as the Tonkin Gulf Incidents.
What US Marine Corps units were directly involved in the Persian gulf war?
Which gulf war? There were three of them.
When did the Us get involved in the Persian Gulf War?
8/2/1990
What state was the gulf war fought?
If any "states' were involved with any "gulf war" they most likely occurred in the Gulf of Mexico during the US Mexican War of 1846-1848.
In what year did the US become involved in the Persian gulf war?
The freeing of Kuwait called Desert Storm took place in 1991.
When did the us win the Persian gulf war?
The US was involved with all three golf wars; which one?
Was the US involved in the gulf war?
to preserver the human rights/ protect their Oil fields.
In order to protect their oil interests what did the us do in the early 1990s?
Activity got involved in the first Persian gulf war-- Apex
What major war did the us become involved in?
Vietnam.
What wars did the US get involved with after World War 2 ended?
The United States aligned themselves with the United Nations. It also became over involved with the Cold War. The US fought in Korea and the Viet Nam war in response to the Cold War. There were other small skirmishes until the Gulf War and Gulf War 2.
