Operation Desert Storm by Nate Diep

-First major foreign crisis for US after Cold War
-1990
-Saddam Hussein, dictator of Iraq sends army across border to Kuwait
-Kuwait was a major supplier of oil to US
-US seek Multinational aid at UN
-US issued ultimatum to Hussein: Leave or face a mulinational force
-No response from Iraq
-Bombing sorties pummel Iraq's military targets
-February 24 ground war starts
-Kuwait liberated 100 hours later
-Hussein still reigning in Baghdad
-US Consider bringing him down, but don't.
-Iraq agree to ceasefire