Originally to liberate Kuwait, later to punish Saddam.
Bahrain is an island country in the Persian Gulf and the smallest country in the Persian Gulf area.
Most of the Persian Gulf area is NOT democratically ruled.
The Straight of Hormuz allows oil tankers to enter and leave the Persian Gulf.
The the floor area of Persian Gulf Complex is 420,000 square metres.
You would enter the Arabian Sea
The Gulf of Mexico covers a surface area of 1.5 million sq km, and the Persian Gulf covers a surface area of 260,000 sq Km
Neither. The Persian Gulf is a geographical feature. A gulf is an area of sea partially surrounded by land.
Almost all of the western allied nations did.
Korea, Europe, patrolling the Persian Gulf, etc.
That was George Bush senior.
YES. The Strait of Hormuz is the only way to enter the Persian Gulf by water.
The disagreement that eventually turned into the Persian gulf war was the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. When the Iraqi troops would not leave Kuwait, the Persian gulf war began with military force under the Reagan administration.