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ON COMMENCEMENT
OF THE BOMBING OF IRAQ
BY GEORGE BUSH
Speaker George Bush
Location White House, Washington, D.C.
Date January 16, 1991
Length 6 minutes 32 seconds
Just 2 hours ago, allied air forces began an attack on military targets in Iraq
and Kuwait. These attacks continue as I speak. Ground forces are not engaged.
This conflict started August 2nd when the dictator of Iraq invaded a
small and helpless neighbor. Kuwait -- a member
of the Arab League and a member of the United Nations -- was crushed; its
people, brutalized. Five months ago, Saddam Hussein started this cruel war
against Kuwait. Tonight, the
battle has been joined.
This military action, taken in accord with United Nations resolutions and with
the consent of the United States Congress, follows months of constant and
virtually endless diplomatic activity on the part of the United Nations, the United
States, and many, many other
countries. Arab leaders sought what became known as an Arab solution, only to
conclude that Saddam Hussein was unwilling to leave Kuwait. Others
traveled to Baghdad in a variety
of efforts to restore peace and justice. Our Secretary of State, James Baker,
held an historic meeting in Geneva, only to be
totally rebuffed. This past weekend, in a last-ditch effort, the Secretary-General
of the United Nations went to the Middle East with peace in
his heart -- his second such mission. And he came back from Baghdad with no
progress at all in getting Saddam Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait.
Now the 28 countries with forces in the Gulf area have exhausted all reasonable
efforts to reach a peaceful resolution -- have no choice but to drive Saddam
from Kuwait by force. We
will not fail.
As I report to you, air attacks are underway against military targets in Iraq. We are
determined to knock out Saddam Hussein's nuclear bomb potential. We will also
destroy his chemical weapons facilities. Much of Saddam's artillery and tanks
will be destroyed. Our operations are designed to best protect the lives of all
the coalition forces by targeting Saddam's vast military arsenal. Initial
reports from General Schwarzkopf are that our operations are proceeding
according to plan. Our objectives are clear: Saddam Hussein's forces will leave
Kuwait. The
legitimate government of Kuwait will be restored
to its rightful place, and Kuwait will once
again be free. Iraq will
eventually comply with all relevant United Nations resolutions, and then, when
peace is restored, it is our hope that Iraq will live as
a peaceful and cooperative member of the family of nations, thus enhancing the
security and stability of the Gulf.
Some may ask: Why act now? Why not wait? The answer is clear: The world could
wait no longer. Sanctions, though having some effect, showed no signs of
accomplishing their objective. Sanctions were tried for well over 5 months, and
we and our allies concluded that sanctions alone would not force Saddam from Kuwait. While the
world waited, Saddam Hussein systematically raped, pillaged, and plundered a
tiny nation, no threat to his own. He subjected the people of Kuwait to
unspeakable atrocities -- and among those maimed and murdered, innocent
children.
While the world waited, Saddam sought to add to the chemical weapons arsenal he
now possesses, an infinitely more dangerous weapon of mass destruction -- a
nuclear weapon. And while the world waited, while the world talked peace and
withdrawal, Saddam Hussein dug in and moved massive forces into Kuwait.
While the world waited, while Saddam stalled, more damage was being done to the
fragile economies of the Third World, emerging democracies of
Eastern Europe, to the entire world, including to our own
economy. The United States, together
with the United Nations, exhausted every means at our disposal to bring this
crisis to a peaceful end. However, Saddam clearly felt that by stalling and
threatening and defying the United Nations, he could weaken the forces arrayed
against him.
While the world waited, Saddam Hussein met every overture of peace with open
contempt.
While the world prayed for peace, Saddam prepared for war. I had hoped that
when the United States Congress, in historic debate, took its resolute action,
Saddam would realize he could not prevail and would move out of Kuwait in
accord with the United Nation resolutions. He did not do that. Instead, he
remained intransigent, certain that time was on his side.
Saddam was warned over and over again to comply with the will of the United
Nations: Leave Kuwait, or be driven
out. Saddam has arrogantly rejected all warnings. Instead, he tried to make
this a dispute between Iraq and the United
States of America.
Well, he failed. Tonight, 28 nations -- countries from 5 continents, Europe and Asia, Africa, and the Arab
League -- have forces in the Gulf area standing shoulder to shoulder against Saddam
Hussein. These countries had hoped the use of force could be avoided.
Regrettably, we now believe that only force will make him leave.
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