How did Operation Desert Shield impact Americans' views of the United States' role as a superpower?

a. Americans believed it was vital to protect the interests of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

b. Americans believed it was necessary to prevent Iraq from attempting to take over the Arabian Peninsula.

c. Americans believed it was important to capture and try Saddam Hussein for his crimes.

d. Americans believed it was essential to prevent the spread of Islam in the Middle East.

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Hadassah Colon

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13 May, 09:06

How did Operation Desert Shield impact Americans' views of the United States' role as a superpower?

a. Americans believed it was vital to protect the interests of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

b. Americans believed it was necessary to prevent Iraq from attempting to take over the Arabian Peninsula.

c. Americans believed it was important to capture and try Saddam Hussein for his crimes.

d. Americans believed it was essential to prevent the spread of Islam in the Middle East.

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Kamryn Pollard · Answer 1

The first major foreign crisis for the United States after the end of the Cold War presented itself in August 1990. Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq, ordered his army across the border into tiny Kuwait. This was no ordinary act of aggression. Iraq's army was well equipped. The United States had provided massive military aid to Iraq during their eight-year war with Iran, giving them the fourth largest army in the world. President Bush promptly declared that the "new world order had begun."