sing all necessary means if Iraq did not withdraw from Kuwait by January 15. Shrugging off this final warning, Saddam Hussein maintained the occupation of Kuwait. There were, however, last minute attempts to end this situation peacefully. On January 3rd 1991, President Bush invited Iraq to last chance talks in Geneva with no compromising, no face-saving, no rewards for aggression. On January 9th, a meeting was set up between James Baker of the Allies and Tarik Aziz. The meeting lasted 6 hours, yet ended with no compromise. Baker said that Iraq refused to compromise. He was quoted as saying he heard nothing that suggeseted to me any Iraqi flexibility whatsoeverThe choice is Iraqs.On the other hand, Iraqs Aziz stated that the US did not really want peace. If that wasnt enough, he also stated that Iraq would go on to easily defeat the US.That confrontation was just about the last straw. With only a few days left before the January 15th deadline, all the US needed to do was get congressional approval to use force. On the 12th, congress reluctantly gave the President authority to launch war if Iraq had not left Kuwait by the UN deadline (The Economist).Even after the approval of force, the UN tried to reason with Saddam. Saddam, however, did not see what he was up against. He said,Should the Americans become involved, we will make them swim in their blood.Despite trying to end the situation at hand peacefully, the US would be forced to fight.Late on January 15th, about 19 hours after the deadline, the coalition unleashed Operation: Desert Storm. Iraq would go on to lose in the war with the Coalition because their forces were not as well trained as the Coalition forces, their weapons were technologically inferior, they had no air support and the Coalition forces were well-prepared for moves against them. The Iraqi weaponry was inferior to the coalitions and the coalition was altogether too powerful. ON February 28th, Saddam Hussein agreed to ...
