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

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Persian Gulf War #1 Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm

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

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

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

Desert Storm Actual attack on Iraq to force them from Kuwait

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

Air War…

Ground War…

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

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

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

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

Persian Gulf War #2 Operation Iraqi Freedom Spring, 2003

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

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

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

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