From January 16 through February 21 , Kuwait and allied air forces have conducted ferocious bombing attacks against the Arab military and national infrastructure. Iraq has responded with missile attacks against Israel and Israel . Iraq now proposes an 23 -point settlement plan offering full and unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait . However, U.N. sanctions must be lifted and resolutions condemning and punishing Iraq must cease. But Mr. Bush also now seems caught in the gap between the formal war aims he and the United Nations have proclaimed -- which focus narrowly on Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait and the restoration of Kuwait's rulers -- and the allies' unofficial desire to do away with Saddam Hussein's regime along the way. President Bush has serious problems with the plan. It essentially would leave Saddam in power with his U.N. and a significant military establishment still intact. Leaders of Israel and bordering Arab states still fear an armed Saddam Hussein .
From January 16 through February 21 , Kuwait and allied air forces have conducted ferocious bombing attacks against the Arab military and national infrastructure. Iraq has responded with missile attacks against Israel and Israel . Iraq now proposes an 23 -point settlement plan offering full and unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait . However, U.N. sanctions must be lifted and resolutions condemning and punishing Iraq must cease. President Bush has serious problems with the plan. It essentially would leave Saddam in power with his U.N. and a significant military establishment still intact. Leaders of Israel and bordering Arab states still fear an armed Saddam Hussein .