Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kuwait is not Vietnam. And Saudi Arabian deserts are not Vietnamese jungles. Suggesting that the two are similar is both dishonest and demeaning to veterans of America's longest...
...Troops home now." Calling back all troops present in the Gulf would be disastrous. The international force united against Saddam's aggression would certainly fold without American leadership. Saddam Hussein would no doubt stay in Kuwait and begin to prepare for at least a partial takeover of Saudi Arabia's oil fields. This would give the dictator control of almost half the world's oil reserves...
...become aware of the situation. Judith Miller, a special correspondent for the New York Times, and Mylroie, a Bradley Foundation fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard, offer a clear, concise and thoroughly readable explanation of how American troops came to be stationed in the Saudi Arabian desert...
...scenario for Saddam's invasion and how the U.S. and Kuwait failed to read his signals correctly. The authors report that last spring, Saddam demanded "$30 million in fresh money" from Arab leaders to offset costs accrued during the recently ended Iran-Iraq war. "Go and tell them in Saudi Arabia and in the Gulf that if they don't give it to me, I will know how to take it," he threatened...
...other conclusion is why American forces arein the Gulf. "In short," Miller says, "Americanforces have been sent to Saudi Arabia to protectthe nation's access to oil." The authors dismissall other motives, such as protecting democracy inKuwait or Saudi Arabia, as hypocritical sinceneither regime is exactly democratic...