Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I roto i nga Manapori he huanga kaha i tae mai ki te pakeke i te whakahe ki te Pakanga o Vietnam, a, i noho kino tonu ki nga whakauru hoia a Amerika. I te 1 o Akuhata 1990, ko Iraki, i arahina e Hātama Hōseini,
i whakaekehia a Kuwait. I hangaia e te Perehitini Bush he roopu ao me te whakaaetanga a te United Nations ki te peia o Iraq. I te 12 o Hanuere 1991, i whakaaetia e te Kaunihera te whakamahi i te kaha hōia ki a Iraki, me nga Reipa e tautoko ana, me nga Democrat e whakahe ana. Ko te pōti i roto i te Whare ko 250<unk>183 me te Senate 52<unk>47. I roto i te Rōpū, 42 Republicans me te 10 Democrats pōti ae ki te whawhai, i te mea 45 Democrats me rua Republicans pōti kahore. I roto i te Whare, 164 Republicans me 86 Democrats pōti ae, me 179 Democrats, e toru Republicans me kotahi Independent pōti kahore.