10-31-2024, 03:42 AM
I wonder how much George H.W. Bush's administration's focus on events after the Berlin Wall crumbled was a factor. German reunification was one of Bush's significant foreign policy focuses/achievements. The Middle East wasn't on anyone's radar in 1991.
But Saddam Hussein still miscalculated the U.S. and global response to Iraq occupying Kuwait. Curiously, the Argentine junta committed the same blunder during the Falklands War. They didn't expect the British to launch a military response to their Falklands Islands occupation.
But Saddam Hussein still miscalculated the U.S. and global response to Iraq occupying Kuwait. Curiously, the Argentine junta committed the same blunder during the Falklands War. They didn't expect the British to launch a military response to their Falklands Islands occupation.
