Abstract
An analysis of the developments that lead the U.S. to become involved in the Persian Gulf conflict. The author discusses aspects such as image, economics, priorities and interests of the U.S. that lead her to become involved.

From the Paper
"On August 8, 1990, President George Bush announced that he had sent American troops to Saudi Arabia to protect it during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. This was the beginning of U.S. military involvement in the Persian Gulf Conflict, which had started with Saddam Hussein's decision to invade only a week earlier. What made Bush decide to get involved so quickly? What did he stand to lose, and what did he expect to gain? Given a thorough understanding of the United States? priorities and relationships with other countries in the Middle East, the answers to these questions are easy to find."

Tags:arabia, bush, east, george, hussein, iran, iraq, kuwait, middle, oil, saddam, saudia

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The paper gives an in depth analysis of the Persian Gulf War conflict and the oil spill of 1991. The first part of the paper gives a history of the conflict. The remaining part focuses on the theory and analysis in creating a solid model in which to define environmental terrorism. The Hardin piece was also used to depict a justification and its relativity to any situation.

From the Paper
"In a world that grows increasingly closer buy the minute, the concern for terrorism is steadily becoming an international issue rather than a national crisis. It is arguable that the advent of germ terrorism and Jihad play a major role in international countermeasures against terrorism. However, environmental terrorism is possibly one of the most significant terrorist tactics that not only impacts multiple nations but also serves to destroy the livelihood of the natural environment. The Persian Gulf War in the 1990's introduced the world to the modern military..."

Tags:environmental, terrorism, hussein

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This paper provides a brief literary analysis of the history of the Persian Gulf War, followed by political analysis of the international theories behind it. The paper asserts that the Iraqis rely heavily on realism, while the United States and the Coalition think with along the lines of liberalism. The paper explains that the Persian Gulf War lasted only seven months but it proved to be one of the most important and analyzed conflicts of the twentieth century; it was one of the few wars in history that was fought over a principal - the need to respect established sovereignties and their boundaries. The paper concludes that, in the end, the Persian-Gulf war was popular among the public; it ensured that the armed aggression of nations will fall apart when facing a free coalition of nations acting on principals of integrity and justice rather than defense and conquest.

From the Paper
"After some time of active hostilities, which included air strikes, bombings, and burning of oil fields, a peace conference was held where a ceasefire agreement was signed by both sides (Lowrey). However, tensions still ran amuck. In southern Iraq, a Shi'ite uprising began. In the North, Kurdish leaders wished to trigger a coup d'etat with American support (Lowrey). However, when no American support came because the U.S. had hoped that Hussein was overthrown in the coup d'etat without their military involvement, Iraqi generals remained loyal to Saddam Hussein and cruelly crushed the Kurdish uprising. In Kuwait, the Emir was restored. Suspected Iraqi collaborators were expelled out of the country (Lowrey). Thus, on February 28th, 1991, the Persian Gulf War was over ("Gulf War"). There was, nevertheless, criticism of the Bush administration at the time over their choice to allow Hussein to remain in power instead of pushing on to overthrow his government. At the time, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Dick Cheney, was quoted saying, "And the question in my mind is, how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is, not that damned many. So, I think we got it right, both when we decided to expel him from Kuwait, but also when the President made the decision that we'd achieved our objectives and we were not going to go get bogged down in the problems of trying to take over and govern Iraq (qtd. in "Great Speeches Collection...Iraq").""

Tags:Persian, War, Gulf, Iraq, Kuwait, Coalition

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This essay examines the regional causes for the Persian Gulf War between Kuwait and Iraq. It describes the history of Kuwait, and the alliance between Kuwait and Iraq during the Iran/Iraq War. The paper explains the reasons for the Persian Gulf War: The unending border argument, the quarrel over the oil deposited on that border, and the weakening of the relationship between Iraq and Kuwait after the Iran/Iraq War.

From the Paper
"From August 2, 1990 until February 26, 1991 Iraq and Kuwait fought in the Persian Gulf War. The two countries disagreed on many issues and causes. The causes of the Persian Gulf War between Iraq and Kuwait were the two countries' continuing boundary dispute, their feud over the oil deposited on the ill-defined border, and the continuing deterioration of the relationship between Iraq and Kuwait after the fallout of the previous Gulf War between Iraq and Iran."

Tags:hussein, iran, oil, overseas, second, wars, saudi, arabia, iran, saddam, arab

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The paper discusses whether the image presented in the media was a misrepresentation of reality and claims that much of that coverage was superficial and misdirected. The paper examines how the American administration wanted to shape the story of the war in a certain way and utilized the power of the media to achieve this goal. It also looks at the gullibility of reporters and the way they were easily led.

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"As America prepares for another war in the Middle East, the news media as well as American troops are preparing for the effort to come. It is a good time to reconsider the lessons that should have been learned from the last Gulf conflict, when the government tried to control the news media as much as possible, and when the news media failed to see certain aspects of the story and reported much false information. The news media has a role in a democratic society, and that role is not mere boosterism for the position of the administration but the need to provide all the information possible so the public can make informed decisions regarding its leaders, their policies, and all actions being taken in the public's name. This does not mean providing information that would be damaging to security, and the line between what is damaging and what is essential is not always easy to draw. The issue may be whether the news media draws that line on the basis of a business decision, either to gain audience by reporting scandal or to cater to an audience by avoiding bad news, or on the basis of fulfilling its obligation in a democratic society."

Tags:Saddam, Hussein, conflict, coverage, newspapers

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The paper relates that military control over the media, used to assert power and regulate content, is an instrument of war. This paper explains, whereas Iraq was only a small, developing nation that posed little threat to the United States, many considered Hussein to be a serious danger to the American way of life; Hussein was made a scapegoat. The author points out that the media helped downplay the devastation by focusing national attention on atrocities by Iraqi occupiers in Kuwait, rather than on attacks by the Allied coalition.

From the Paper
"The next phase of media propaganda began with the start of armed conflict between Iraq and the US on January 16, 1991. Weeks of aerial bombardment followed until, on February 23, a ground attack was launched that forced Iraqi forces out of Kuwait and positions in southern Iraq. The assault lasted only one hundred hours with President Bush announcing a ceasefire once it was over. The American losses were ") and 467 wounded. Iraqi deaths, never calculated, are estimated to be as high as two hundred thousand."

Tags:scapegoat, control, regulation, bush, hussein

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This paper addresses some of the issues that led up to Desert Storm, and delves into the Gulf crisis from an historical and political point of view - and from the perspective of the United States (including those of George Herbert Walker Bush and George W. Bush).

Outline:
A Brief Look at the Late Dictator
Why Hussein went into Kuwait
Powell Assertion Number One
Powell Assertion Number Two
Powell Assertion Number Three
Powell Assertion Number Four
Powell Assertion Number Five

From the Paper
"During the last two decades or so of Saddam's life, he was known as "the madman of the Middle East" in some Western circles, but journalist Jerrold M. Post, writing in the journal Political Psychology, asserts that there is "no evidence that he [was] suffering from a psychotic disorder." That having been said, Post added that while Hussein was "psychologically in touch with reality," he was frequently politically "out of touch with reality" (Post 284) and had a worldview that was "narrow and distorted." Moreover, he was a "ruthless political calculator" who went to "whatever lengths are necessary to achieve his goals.
"Post explains that the crisis created when Saddam's armies invaded Kuwait provided him with "the opportunity to defy the hated outsiders, a strong value in his Ba'th ideology" (Post 286). Saddam enjoyed casting the conflict as a "struggle between two gladiators," Post wrote; those two were "Saddam Hussein vs. George Bush."

Tags:crisis, invaded, armies, conflict

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"Britain and Japan are both island nations and former empires. But, despite their similarities, their economic and military experiences since World War II have been shaped by their roles as victors and vanquished in that war, as well as by their divergent cultures. A comparison of their roles in the Korean War and the Gulf War more than 40 years later teaches some important lessons about national character as well as the persistence of historical memory.

When the Korean War began in 1950, Great Britain's economy was rebounding but was still only in the beginning stages of recovery from five years of war-related overspending. It was also struggling to absorb the economic shock of the first stages of withdrawal from its far-flung empire. As the generally benign..."

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The paper discusses how the VA has taken a final position on how to deal with all aspects of what is being called Gulf War Syndrome. The paper relates that the Department's preliminary position is that there is no clear basis for finding that any exposure to the combat arena in the Iraq conflict resulted in a service-related disability requiring VA support. The writer relates that he does not make decisions; he follows orders-it is not his place to bend the law. The writer posits that his only job is to provide appropriate information to the veteran.

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"How do you handle this case? The first thing I would do is contact the PTSD Help Network at http://www.ptsdhelp.net/id21.html. There is an online pamphlet that will help the veteran find out how to get a fair hearing. In the interests of fairness and compassion, would you try to bend the law to help this veteran? The VA has taken a final position on how to deal with all aspects of what is being called Gulf War Syndrome, the Department's preliminary position is that there is no clear basis for finding that any exposure to the..."

Tags:law, politics, administration

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This paper examines the escalating conflict that led to the recent war in Iraq. It examines the escalation of the conflict and the national interests that were threatened by Saddam.