es complied and soon became entangled in what would become a war.Saddam would now be up against a formidable coalition made up of the many industrialized countries including the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan. The United Nations Security Council passed a reolution ordering Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. Saddam would go on to ignore the UN, so it declared economic sanctions against Iraq. Many nations also froze the Iraqi accounts in their banks and the UN banned all trade with Iraq. Being that Iraq imported about 75% of their goods, this would hurt them greatly (Bullock).Despite the US supporting Iraq against Iran, it condemned Iraq when it invaded Kuwait. Most of the world was immediately angered over the Iraqi actions. Stronger than most however, was the USs response. The President of the United States at the time, George Bush, took many actions against Iraq. First, he intended on hurting Iraq by making it impossible for the Iraqis to withdraw or even earn interest on their money (the economic sanctions). Second, he banned all United States imports of Iraqi oil that amounted to about 4% of the US oil consumption. He even ordered a US aircraft carrier into the Persian Gulf to ensure that all of his decisions were enforced. On August 7th, President Bush announced that the US would be ordering troops into Saudi Arabia. These troops were at first only a measure of defense. However, in one of his best speeches, George Bush stated quite clearly the goal of the US. In mid-September in 1990, bush spoke to a joint session of congress and said directly to Saddam Hussein, Iraq will not be permitted to annex Kuwait. Thats not a threat, not a boast. Thats just the way it is going to be (Time) President Bush did acknowledge that he was taking a risk but there was no other choice and he believed he war making the right decision in opposing Iraq. After consulting with U. S. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney in early August 1990, King Fahd of...
