" 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 withdrew from occupied Arab lands . The US believes that a trade blockade will eventually force Iraq into withdrawing from Kuwait or into lashing out elsewhere . The unpredictability of Iraqi 's leader is a principal reason why the U.S. is building such a mammoth force in the region .
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 withdrew from occupied Arab lands . The US believes that a trade blockade will eventually force Iraq into withdrawing from Kuwait or into lashing out elsewhere . The unpredictability of Iraqi 's leader is a principal reason why the U.S. is building such a mammoth force in the region .