<prompt> Umongameli wase-US uGeorge H. W. Bush washeshe wamemezela kabili ukuthi i-US izokwethula umsebenzi wokuzivikela ngokuphelele ukuvimbela i-Iraq ekuhlaseleni i-Saudi Arabia, ngaphansi kwegama lekhodi Operation Desert Shield. Umsebenzi waqala ngo-Agasti 7, 1990, lapho amabutho ase-US athunyelwa eSaudi Arabia, futhi ngenxa yesicelo senkosi yayo, iNkosi Fahd, eyayikubizele usizo lwezempi lwase-US phambilini. Lo mthetho wokuzivikela ngokuphelele washiywa ngokushesha lapho, ngo-Agasti 8, i-Iraq imemezela i-Kuwait njengesifundazwe se-19 sase-Iraq futhi yabiza umzala wakhe, u-Ali Hassan Al-Majid, njengombusi wayo wezempi. I-US yathumela amaqembu amabili empi yasolwandle azungeze i-Saudi Arabia eyakha abathwali bezindiza. Umkhosi wezempi wase-US wase-Iraq uqale i-USS Dwight D. Eisenhower kanye ne-USSwight D. Bush Fighter Wing ukuvimbela i-Iraq ekuhlaseleni iSaudi Arabia, ngaphansi kwegama  <response>: I-Operation Desert Shield 