create jobs in many sectors of the economy from the defense contractors to.
the service industries down the line. .
The main reason that Coalition was formed was to protect the "vital.
interests" in the often unstable Middle East. "The Middle East had been the.
source of many of the world's wars after World War II, sometimes almost to.
point of going nuclear."4 The Arab partners in the Coalition joined the.
union to prevent what had happened to Kuwait to occur to them. The United.
States and the other Western partners wanted to ensure a steady supply of.
cheap oil and the invasion of Kuwait had risen the price of oil along with.
creating instability in the Middle East. The best way to restore order to.
the region and create some stability was to force Iraq out of Kuwait and.
severely weaken his government and military which the Allies were.
successful in doing. .
4AP Press Toronto Star (February 14, 1991) A13.
Another reason that has been suggested is that Iraq was permitted to.
invade Kuwait just to give the U.S. an excuse to attack the Iraqis so that.
they would no longer be a threat to other countries in the region. This.
would also make the Arab nations dependent on the Americans for their.
defense so that they would not try to attempt hostile actions in terms of.
increasing the cost of the oil to them or limiting the production of.
petroleum as had been demonstrated by the OPEC nations in the 1970s. .
George Herbert Walker Bush also had personal reasons as to why he.
wanted Iraq to leave Kuwait. As the youngest fighter pilot in the Navy.
during World War II, he flew in many missions before being shot down.
"These missions helped to shape his beliefs that the U.S. should be like a.
global policeman and Saddam Hussein must be stopped just as Hitler should.
have been stopped from breaking the conditions of the treaties the Germans.
signed ending World War I."1 Another reason he felt he had to take military.
action was that there were American hostages held by the Iraqis after the.