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| dictator of Iraq, nationalistic and anger of the 1950s and 1960s |
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| Ruthless and brutality- “Weakness doesn’t assume achieving the objectives required by a leader |
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| objectives seemed clear: to dominate the Arab world, to gain hegemony over the Persian Gulf, to make Iraq into a dominant oil power, and ultimately to turn Greater Iraq into a global military power |
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| “the enforcer” wanted Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to observe quotas and force OPEC’s prices up |
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| made a grave miscalculation: he assumed that it would take only a few weeks to knock off Iran- he made the same assumption with Kuwait |
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• United States with Bush as president took the lead in coordinating the opposition
• Opposition was led by Secretary of State |
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| warned that if Iraq did not begin withdrawing, the coalition’s response to the Iraqi aggression against Kuwait would be massive and swift |
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| expected that the ground battle be the mother of all battles but he turned out wrong when the Iraqi soldiers were demoralized and not ready to sacrifice themselves for glory of Saddam |
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| The US commander in the Gulf, who after 100 hours of ground war had the Iraqi forces in full retreat |
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| Since 1859 when he struck oil- oil would achieve the capacity to make or break nations and would be decisive in the great political and economic struggles of the 20th century |
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| Warned against technology being out of control, provided a great thrust to the new wave of environmentalism. It helped trigger the “green” movement in Europe |
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| clung to power in the aftermath of the Gulf War |
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| The longer the crisis went on the greater the chances that he would be able to claim victory |
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| If he held on to Kuwait, Iran would control 20% of OPEC and world production- World’s dominant oil power and other oil countries would have to bend to Iraq |
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