Yes, We're Going Back to Iraq

Details: Created: Monday, 23 June 2014 12:14; Published: Monday, 23 June 2014 12:14; Written by Super User

Not today, not tomorrow... but probably sooner rather than later.

Here's a little refresher course...

-On August 2, 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait.

-In February of 1991 a U.S. lead force liberated Kuwait, driving out Iraq military.

-Contemporaneous to the Kuwait liberation, and at the request of the Saudi Royal Family, the U.S. established a sizable military presence in Saudi Arabia. This was to deter potential future aggression from Iraq.

-While

We left an unstable and vulnerable Iraq because it was thought to be politically expedient.