Gulf War

Saddam Hussien had been at war with Iran for 8 years. In this time he had used all of his countries' money and resources to fund the war. He saw opportunity in Kuwait because of their vast oilfields and decided to have them for himself. As he massed troops on the border, president Bush saw the need to protect the oil fields, and thus world stability and warned Hussien not to do it. He kept on, and Bush responded by sending in the troops.

Which Gulf War: 1980-1988; Jan-Feb 1991; Operation Desert Shield 1990; Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003...and are people considering Aghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) as part of the Middle East? Because if they are...that's the Gulf too. So, we'll be able to say "just about" how old a "gulf war" soldier is, just as soon as a correct year is picked out (from above).

Saddam's failed all of his major plans, and this in itself is an Iranian victory. However, due to the fact that Iran failed its objective of overthrowing Saddam's regime, the war ended in a stalemate.

When looking at the severe military advantage of Iraq, backed by every superpower in the world including the US and the USSR, and Iran's (who had just experienced a harsh revolution that resulted in the almost complete destruction of Iranian military leadership due to internal purges by the Ayatollah) severe disadvantage, it's a miracle that Iran not only managed to push out the Iraqis in a matter of two years, but also push into Iraqi territory. Iran's use of its superior quality American weaponry combined with its highly mobile battle tactics surprised Iraq's forces. Near the end of the war both countries were resorting more and more to long range ballistic missiles, a time known as the "war of the cities" which resulted in many civilian casualties. Iran's use of child soldiers was common due to the regime earlier unwisely dismantling most of its military out of fear of a coup.

Officially there "nobody winner" since Iran asked Iraq for a cease fire. In body count Iraq would be the winner since Saddam was a unstoppable force in the Iraq-Iran war and gassed and killed many thousands of Iranians. While at the same time gassing and killing people he deemed enemies of the state. When he succeeded in killing hundreds of thousands of enemies of the state he turned his entire military force towards Iran and shortly after they asked Saddam for a cease fire. Saddam declared the war a victory at home and created a large war memorial, complete with a very large pile of Iranian helmets.

General Norman Schwartzkopf was the supreme commander of the Coalition forces in the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991.

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General Merrill McPeak was the USAF Chief of Staff during Desert Storm.

The first Gulf War, also known as Desert Storm, was fought for the defense of Saudi Arabia and Iraq's forced annexation of Kuwait. The cost of the war was $60 billion for the United States, $36 billion of that amount was paid for by Saudi Arabia.

The United States believed the war posed a threat to world oil supplies

There were many turning points in the Iraq war. The most significant of these include the capture and death of Saddam Hussein.

The united states went to kowait because Iraq invaded them and that pissed off because they werent exporting as much of petroleum because of Saddam Hussein so the Americans went over there and fought Iraq for kowait and Americans won so this means more petroleum for the united states we were only looking for our own beifit just like how America took over Puerto Rico they want to do the same because they want to show other countries how much power we have over them so basically everytime we get in war with other countries and we win we get some benifets like more bases around the world so more bases = more power

Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf (Commander-in-Chief (now known as "Combatant Commander") of U.S. Central Command, was commander of the Coalition Forces in the Gulf War of 1991.) Peter de la Billi

Oil. The world needs it, and most of it comes from the Persian Gulf. Iraq, a country then ruled by a military regime and headed by an unstable dictator, threatened to have a choke hold on most of the world's oil supply. It was a situation which demanded immediate attention by the primary consumers of this oil, because an interruption of it would have utterly destroyed their economies. The US has emergency oil reserves for only a few months. Without oil, Stone Age conditions would prevail.

To remove Iraq from the nation of Kuwait; which was done.

No, pay attention to the news, we are at war within Iraq but we are allied with the Iraqi military and Iraqi Govt.

All that's going with Iran is proxy wars, however, the United States is fighting an extension of the Iranian Intelligence Agency called the Al-Kutz Force which is operating in Southern Iraq.

Combat and non-combat. Some countries preferred to participate but only with non-combat personnel. Japan, for example, did not violate its constitution by sending soldiers but sent non-combat units.

As a country, Iraq, has never attacked the US on it's own soil. However, when the United States invaded Iraq in March, 2003 the Iraqi military, under the control of Saddam Hussain responded unsucessfully. After his forces were defeated, Hussain fled; was eventually captured, tried and then hung for crimes against humanity. Most notable among these were the gasing of Kurdish settlements in the north of Iraq that led to the deaths of thousands of his own citizens. Since the defeat of Hussain's regime, the US along with its allies have occupied Iraq in an attempt to provide security and allow a newly elected government to be formed and then take control of the country.

It is unclear what is meant by the First Gulf War, as that term is used to refer to different wars in different parts of the World.

If the question is referring to the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988 or the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991, please see the Related Questions below.

For the Americans at least it was the m16a2 rifle with the newly developed beretta m9 for a sidearm

The US also introduced new weapons such as the laser guided missle, heat seeking missle, and they even introduced new aircraft such as the A10-A Thunderbolt, the F16, and they even put the Stealth Bomber to good use.

The outcome was good everyone became friends at the end !

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Not a good answer. Firstly, which war?

Yes, it did because the Kuwait cictizens struck oiol and then the iraqins figured out so they came over and they tryed to steal there oil and then the Kuwait citizens did not allow that so then they started the whole pursian gulf war because OS some little oil! </P>

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<P>Indirectly. It was really over land and easy access to the Persian Gulf. Iraq invaded Kuwait, wanting to take over the oil fields and the pipelines that would allow easier ability to ship oil. Kuwait was a good trading partner with most of the world and was well respected. The rest of the world banded together and pushed Iraq back out of Kuwait.

1. Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988. 2. Operation Desert Storm January 15/16 thru February 26/28 1991. 3. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-

The bulk of the Iraqi Air Force was destroyed by "smart weapons" and other air delivered ordinance. Approximately 38 aircraft were shot down; the remaining survivors took off and sped into the country of IRAN.