The Announcement of the Attack on Iraq by President George Bush on January 16, 1991

When a war is taking place between two countries, every single detail of why the countries are going to war must be very clearly stated. In the case of the 1991 Gulf War between the United States and Iraq, the stated reason was that the leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, led his country to invade a neighboring Arab country named Kuwait. While also wanted to disarm Iraq of its nuclear and biological weapons program, the President of the United States clearly stated that the reason for going to war with Iraq was the move them out of Kuwait and bring back peace in both countries. However, in the speech given by President George Bush announcing the attack on Iraq, he stated certain things that lead people to believe that his motive for the war was otherwise.…