withdraw from kuwait or face the consequences. we have now closed ranks behind a clear signal of our determination and our resolve to implement the united nations resolutions. it is no longer a question of if war starts, but how and when. at t-mobile get the unlimited plan with the latest phones included for $40 dollars! we re included? included! at t-mobile get the unlimited plan and the latest phones included for $40 dollars. feels so good to be included.
important. it was a huge factor on american support for the war. the war in the gulf is virtually over. tonight, what may be the final battle of the gulf war. headlines in newspapers screamed fight them, but pictures from southern kuwait told a different story. the iraqi army began to emerge from their holes in the desert to give up. kneel down. we knocked out saddam hussein in 100 hours. it was a rout. this is sand from the liberated beaches of kuwait. that was a massive success. and it showed the world a huge lesson, that this kind of aggression would not stand. the problem was that they didn t go all the way to baghdad. but that would have been a much bigger military operation because what many of the allies had signed on to was only to liberate kuwait.
and if it invades kuwait, he could very quickly lurch into saudi arabia and the saudis would not have been able to resist. all the oil is on the eastern side of the country right there on the border with iraq. [ speaking foreign language ] iraq invaded and took over its tiny neighbor kuwait today. the government of dictator saddam hussein claimed it went in at the invitation of revolutionaries who s had overthrown the kuwaiti government. no western authority accepted that story. many americans are concerned that there may be a war. what is required of mr. bush to say to the americans that he
targets in iraq and kuwait. tonight as our forces fight, they and their families are in our prayers. may god bless each and every one of them, and the coalition forces at our side in the gulf, and may he continue to bless our nation, the united states of america. brit: operation desert storm with a coalition of 34 nations lasted six weeks. it was a decisive victory. what we and our coalition partners did to stand up against
had the soviets not come on board right after the invasion, we never would have been able to build the coalition that we ultimately and we would never have gotten a resolution in the security council. they would have vetoed. people talk about building a coalition. we talk about a coalition in syria today, but it isn t there. others talked about a coalition, but the on one that was a strong, substantial, functioning, overwhelming coalition was this one president bush built to eject iraq from kuwait. this is a guy from world war ii. the veterans of world war ii remember what it was like, but we are strong believers in using force when necessary. when it was time, the president