Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i a Iraki
I whakaekehia a Kuwait i Akuhata 1990, i whakatauhia e Bush he herenga ohaoha ki a Iraki, a, i whakakotahihia he roopu maha-motu e whakahe ana ki te whakaekenga. I wehi te whakahaere kaore e whakautu ki te whakaekenga ka whakapakari a Hussein ki te whakaeke i a Saudi Arabia, i a Iharaira ranei, a ka hiahia ki te whakakore i etahi atu whenua mai i te whakaekenga rite. He tokomaha i roto i te hapori o te ao i whakaae; I kii a Margaret Thatcher "ki te wikitoria a Iraq, kaore he kawanatanga iti e haumaru". I hiahia hoki a Bush ki te whakarite i te uru tonu ki te hinu, i te mea ko Iraq me Kuwait te 20 ōrau o te whakaputa hinu o te ao, a ko Saudi Arabia i whakaputa i tetahi atu 26 ōrau o te tuku hinu o te ao.