These days "commit" we mark the 10th anniversary of the 2nd Iraq war in 2003. And the first Iraq war? This raises disturbing parallels to the current tense "pre-war situation" on.
1990 a dispute erupted between Iraq and Kuwait. Saddam Hussein accused the neighboring country to have drilled into its oil fields, a statement which proved later to be correct in principle. Saddam invaded Kuwait.
President Bush (father) would not tolerate this, the American public was not enthusiastic about a war for the unknown Kuwait.
So it was a testimony of a 15-year-old Kuwaiti in the US Congress, which was historically: The following video shows after a few moments, the key scene. (more ...)