This Day in History

August 8, 1990

This was a watershed day in the Middle East. Iraq announced that it had annexed the kingdom of Kuwait -- moving over 200,000 troops into the tiny, oil-rich country. As Iraq declared Kuwait to be its 19th Province, U.S. President George Bush warned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, “A line has been drawn in the sand,” and American forces began moving into Saudi Arabia.

Kuwait is free thanks to President George H.W. Bush. Iraq is now free thanks to President George W. Bush. Saddam is in an Iraqi prison today and liberals remain outraged. Go figure...

Update: Gateway Pundit has the story on the shake-up with Saddam's defense team.

Note: Spelling corrected.

Comments

[Dave Ruddell]

I'm relatively certain they declared Kuwait to be their 19th province (as in, Canada has 10 provinces), not providence.

[George Adams]

19th province, actually. Though Providence had other plans, apparently...

[Artbyruth]

Ah, yes, I remember it well. I watched Peter Jennings, as a matter of fact, announce this on the evening news.

I knew then that my husband, who was in the USMC and in Japan at the time, would not be returning home at the regularly scheduled time of October 1990.

Instead he returned March 13, 1991 from Bahrain.

But he returned as well as the rest of the squadron he worked in. Safe and sound. Thank you, God.

Prayers go out to those Marines in Iraq now....may they all come home soon.

[Kira Zalan]

I hope this isn’t just wishful thinking on my part. I hope there are people that understand the consequences of an early withdrawal, and will withstand the mounting pressure of shortsightedness.

[hamburger]

I love war.

[buma]

"Liberals remain outraged" that Saddam is in prison? Liberals are outraged that Bush had no clue to a plan for this boondoggle. In say, May of 2003, hawks were taliking about how Bush Sr should have removed Saddam in 1991. Now Bush Sr is not looking so dumb. What happens after Saddam? Just Islamic law in yet another country.