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Causes of Gulf War 

Factor Explanation Elaboration

Failure of EconomicSanctions 1. There was much debate in the UN as towhether the use of force was needed toseparate Kuwait and Iraq.

2. The full effect of the sanctions wouldneed to take a year.

3. The US felt that this was too long a waitto get Iraq out of Kuwait.

4. Moreover, sanctions will only work if allUN members strictly adhered to them.

5. There was always apossibility of some countriesignoring the sanctions foreconomic gains.

6. The Security Council votedto use force to remove Iraqfrom Kuwait eventually.

Failure of Diplomatic

Measures

1. The Arab League had voted to

condemn the actions of Iraq, but it wasineffective as the member countrieswere divided among themselves whatto do.

2. The UN tried to send ambassadors tonegotiate with Iraq, but failed.

3. A deadline was given to Iraq towithdraw while ambassadors tried forthe last time.

4. When their attempts failed

again, the UN eventuallyvoted to use force toliberate Kuwait, resulting inthe Gulf War.

Fear of IraqiDominance

1. Countries in the world feared Iraq’sdominance over the world’s supply of

oil.

2. After the invasion of Kuwait, Iraqcontrolled 20% of the world’s oilproduction.

3. The ease of Kuwait’s invasion mightencourage Iraq to be even moreaggressive and invade other countries.

4. Thus, Iraq will be able to set a highprice for the oil and solve their owneconomic problems.

5. This in turn will createproblems for the world

economy.

6. Saudi Arabia knew that theirarmed forces were nomatch for Iraq’s larger andmore experienced army.

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