Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Imwe mharidzo, yakatanga kubudiswa muna 1968, ine uprofita uhwu: "Masimba makuru, asiri kuda kwaMwari, achakundikana uye achaguma. Ikoku kuchaguma muna 1989". Nhengo dzechechi dzinodavira kuti ikoku kunonongedzera kumugumo weHondo Yemashoko. Iri shoko rimwe chetero rinotaura kuti 'Armagedhoni' yaizovamba mu"makumi mapfumbamwe" (1990s). Vamwe vanodavira kuti ikoku kungava kunonongedzera kukunda Kuwait kweIraq
musi waAugust 2, 1990, uye nhevedzano yezviitiko yakatevera.