It's the request of the host nation...in this case Kuwait.
There are approximately 68,000 US Troops stationed in Germany.
because they were out numbered
Iraq wanted some of Kuwaits oil profits. But Kuwait rufused the comment. that is when Iraq sent in hid troops
Covert only. No conventional combat troops.
It's the request of the host nation...in this case Kuwait.
Kuwait
Kuwait is where the US troops went after Iraq invaded it.
Originally to liberate Kuwait, later to punish Saddam.
Operation Desert Storm
40,000,000 troops
There are currently about 48,000 US troops in Japan
The US was the primary military force in the coalition of forces to repel Iraqi invaders from Kuwait. Of 956,600 troops, 700,000 were US troops.
There are approximately 68,000 US Troops stationed in Germany.
because they were out numbered
Destroyed the oil wells.
Sarah Palin has been outside of the US one time. She spent a week in Kuwait and Germany visiting troops. She also stopped for refuling at a post on the Iraq/ Kuwait border which some have used to include Iraq to the list of countries she had visited on that trip.