The United States has been asked by the ousted Kuwaiti government to enforce the total trade embargo imposed by the United Nations on Iraq. The White House said it would do "whatever is necessary". Saddam Hussein, to launch negotiations and to rally Arab support, announced that he would withdraw his troops from Kuwait only if Israel withdraws from occupied Arab lands. They aren't being allowed to leave and could become hostages. The U.S. believes that a trade blockade will eventually force Iraq into withdrawing from Kuwait or into lashing out elsewhere. In an interview with the New York Times in September 1991, President George Bush said: "I think we have got to get rid of Saddam.
The United States has been asked by the ousted Kuwaiti government to enforce the total trade embargo imposed by the United Nations on Iraq. The White House said it would do "whatever is necessary". Saddam Hussein, to launch negotiations and to rally Arab support, announced that he would withdraw his troops from Kuwait only if Israel withdraws from occupied Arab lands. The U.S. believes that a trade blockade will eventually force Iraq into withdrawing from Kuwait or into lashing out elsewhere. In an interview with the New York Times in September 1991, President George Bush said: "I think we have got to get rid of Saddam.