1. Persian Gulf War #1 Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm 1990-1991

2. Important People George H.W. Bush Dick Cheney Colin Powell Norman Schwarzkopf

15. Crisis Iraq invades Kuwait- threatens Saudi Arabia U.N. Responds (Collective Security)

16. Desert Shield The “shielding” of Saudi Arabia from Iraqi attack Build up of American and coalition forces

33. Desert Storm Actual attack on Iraq to force them from Kuwait

34. 2 Phases of Desert Storm Air War- 6 weeks Ground War- 100 hours

36. Air War…

53. Ground War…

73. Results Iraq forced out of Kuwait Iraqi military severely degraded Forced to accept UN weapons inspectors to make sure there is no WMD

74. Results “No-Fly” Zones established over Northern and Southern Iraq.

75. Historical Lessons Applied Bush- WWII Veteran…..Appeasement does NOT work…

76. Historical Lessons Applied Powell/Schwarzkopf- Vietnam Veterans …must have public support … if you are going to war, go to WIN…do NOT fight fair…

77. Persian Gulf War #2 Operation Iraqi Freedom Spring, 2003

78. Reasons for Conflict Iraqi non-cooperation with U.N. inspectors. Belief that Iraqi’s possessed WMD. Part of the overall war on Terrorism.

79. Important People George W. Bush Dick Cheney Colin Powell Donald Rumsfeld Condoleezza Rice

80. Operation Iraqi Freedom Goals: –End the rule of Saddam Hussein –Eliminate WMD –Disrupt terrorists and their networks

116. Continuing Problems… Guerrilla War continues… Moslem extremists continue to enter Iraq Sunni vs. Shiite problems