George H. W. Bush

Position: 41st US President

Experience: WWII pilot, Yale graduate, Represenative for Texas, US UN ambasador, Vice President under Regan

Role: Lead UN effort to punish Iraq for invading Kuwait, Authorized US air war and allied ground war

“As I report to you, air attacks are underway against military targets in Iraq. We are determined to knock out Saddam Hussein's nuclear bomb potential. We will also destroy his chemical weapons facilities. Much of Saddam's artillery and tanks will be destroyed. Our operations are designed to best protect the lives of all the coalition forces by targeting Saddam's vast military arsenal.”³⁰

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30.Bush, George H. W. "Address to the Nation on the Invasion of Iraq (January 16, 1991)." 1991.