Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 1 o Akuhata 1990, ko Iraqi Ba'athist, i arahina e Saddam Hussein,
i whakaekehia a Kuwait. I hangaia e te Perehitini Bush he roopu ao me te whakaaetanga a te UN ki te peia o Iraq. I te 12 o Hānuere 1991, i pōti te Kaunihera i te whakaaetanga mō tētahi whakaeke hōia, Operation Desert Storm, e te whānuitanga paku, me ngā Reipa e whakaae ana, ā, ka whakahe ngā Tiamana. Ko te pōti i roto i te Whare ko 250<unk>183, i roto i te Whare Pāremata 52<unk>47. I roto i te Senate 42 Republicans me 10 Democrats pōti ae ki te whawhai, i te 45 Democrats me rua Republicans pōti kahore. I roto i te Whare 164 Republicans me 86 Democrats pōti ae, a 179 Democrats, e toru Republicans me kotahi Independent pōti kahore. I utua e ngā whenua Arapi ngā utu hōia katoa a Amerika.