Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaurua e ngā Democrats tētahi huānga kaha i tae mai ki te pakeke i roto i te whakahe ki te Pakanga o Vietnam, ā, i noho kino tonu ki ngā āwangawanga hōia o Amerika. I te 1 o Akuhata, 1990, ka whakaekehia a Iraki e Hātama Hussein,
Ko 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.