Word: iraqi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bush reacted quickly to the presumed threat of Iraqi aggression with a series of brilliant diplomatic and military maneuvers. He made a sure commitment to attack and stuck by it, no matter what the potential for peaceful solutions. Most importantly, his battle strategy fooled Saddam and defeated him quickly and completely, with massive destruction to the Iraqi people and to the Iraqi infrastructure, and with few American casualties...
Second, questions arose over the Kuwaitis' random arrest, torture and execution of alleged "collaborators," atrocities similar to some of the Iraqi actions which so sickened Bush the rhetorician...
Before last August, many Americans derided Bush as a tentative wimp and an uninspiring leader. But in the light of Desert Storm--the very name evokes visions of quick triumph--the nation praised the president for his decisive reaction to Iraqi aggression...
...imagine anything more pressing right now," said Jack S. Levy '92, vice president of the organization. "One and a half million to 2 million refugees are amassed at the Iraqi border right now. There's complete pandemonium there...
...Under the leadership of Mustafa Barzani, organized armed resistance began against Iraqi rule...