The Gulf War at 20
Twenty years ago this month, Saddam Hussein, then the unchallenged ruler of Iraq, invaded Kuwait, triggering the first great international crisis of the post-Cold War era. Today, it is Iran, even more than Iraq or Afghanistan, where the lessons of the first Gulf war are likely to be debated and, ultimately, applied.
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NEW YORK – It was 20 years ago this month that Saddam Hussein, then the unchallenged ruler of Iraq, invaded Kuwait. What ensued was the first great international crisis of the post-Cold War era, one that, in less than a year, led to the liberation of Kuwait, along with the restoration of its government. This was accomplished with only modest human and economic cost to the extraordinary multi-national coalition assembled by President George H.W. Bush.