The US-Iraq War "The Second Gulf War in 1991"

Abstract

            The US-Iraq war and the so-called Second Gulf War of 1991, and its consequences, including the economic collapse in Iraq in particular and the global economic crisis in general, as it included Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and a war between the coalition forces and Iraq, which created the most important pivotal crisis in the course of US-Iraqi relations during the nineties of the twentieth century, The crisis moved the relationship from the stage of escalating tension during the first Gulf War, to the stage of direct conflict. Since its beginning, the crisis placed the United States of America on a collision course with Iraq, after it posed a major challenge and a serious threat to American interests in the region, which prompted the United States of America to create political and economic changes in the region.

             This prompted the Arab countries and the countries of the region to take measures on the economic level, which developed into taking positions on the political level, making the tension in relations between the Arab countries and the United States of America inevitable, until it reached the threshold of war and a comprehensive military confrontation that threatens the security of the Arabian Gulf region. In reality, the challenges that resulted from the Second Gulf War, The role of the US administration in it pushed it towards the military option rather than a peaceful settlement, in addition to the issues that emerged during the various stages of the war, the events of the crisis and its repercussions. This changed the nature of US-Iraqi relations, which became, during the second Gulf Crisis in all its stages, a relationship of open conflict and confrontation, which reached its peak in early 1991 with the coalition forces launching the war on Iraq under the leadership of the United States of America.