Kuwait, and the gulf war 1991
- Aug. 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait
- “No more Munichs” proclaimed by George Bush Sr. and place sanctions on Iraq to pull out
- 30 countries join in a coalition against Iraq (including some Arab countries)
- USA made sure Israel wouldn’t join for fear of losing the Arab support
- Kuwait liberated after 4 days (90,000 Iraqi casualties)
- Bush did not invade Iraq or remove Saddam in fear of losing the Arab support
- Threat of poison and gas high
- Saddam tried to get Israelis involved by firing SCUD missiles at them