Question

What were the long term and short term causes of the Gulf War?

Answer 1

It led to the weakening of the Hussein regime

Explanation:

The Gulf War meant that Israel was the only strong nation in the Middle East.

Iran and Iraq weakened by waging war against one another between 1980 and 1988 and the 1991 Gulf War was the last nail in the coffin for the Hussein.

The regime however was not overthrown until 2003.

The war to an incredible number of deaths mostly due to the pollution created by the depleted uranium which caused a tremendous amount of cancers and malformations.

Between half a million and one million people especially were murdered by the sanctions introduced by Bush which Clinton pursued in the years 1990s.