Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Pakupinda muKuwait muna August 1990, Bush akaisa zvirango zveupfumi kuIraq ndokuunganidza mubatanidzwa wenyika dzakawanda wakanga uchipesana nokupinda kwacho. Hurumende yaityira kuti kukundikana kupindura kupindirwa kwaizokurudzira Hussein kurwisa Saudi Arabia kana Israeri, uye vaida kuodza mwoyo dzimwe nyika kubva pakurwisa kwakafanana. Vazhinji munzanga yamarudzi ose vakabvumirana; Margaret Thatcher akataura kuti "kana Iraq ikakunda, hapana nyika duku yakachengeteka". Bush aidawo kuva nechokwadi chokuramba achiwana mafuta, sezvo Iraq neKuwait pamwe chete dzaigovera 20 muzana yekugadzirwa kwemafuta munyika yose, uye Saudi Arabia yakabudisa zvimwe 26 muzana zvokugoverwa kwemafuta munyika yose.