Crisis in the Desert 3 - Desert Storm

“In three, two, one,” the producer said and pointed to the President. 

“Good evening, my fellow Americans. I come to you with grave news that I believe needs to be told. Our nation is in a state of war with the nation of Iraq, and I feel you are owed an explanation for why that is and, more importantly, why this war needs to be fought to its rightful conclusion. Approximately six months ago, the armed forces of Iraq invaded the country of Kuwait. Iraq claims Kuwait is a rogue province of Iraq. They also claim that Kuwait had been stealing oil from their oil fields via slant well drilling. The Iraqi government, under the leadership of Saddam Hussein, has justified this wanton act of aggression based on the 1890 Ottoman Empire treaty with Great Britain, which referred to Kuwait as the Basra Province. At the conclusion of World War I, however, the boundaries were redrawn, establishing Kuwait as a free and independent country. 

“The government of Iraq could have stopped their military adventurism in Kuwait, but they did not. Instead, Iraqi forces continued to advance across the Arabian Peninsula, invading the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. These overt and blatant acts of aggression cannot stand. America cannot allow a rogue dictator to assume control of over fifty percent of the world’s oil production.”