Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Achitarisana nezvikwereti zvikuru nemitengo yakaderera yemafuta mumashure mehondo yeIran neIraq, mutungamiri weIraq Saddam Hussein akasarudza kukunda nyika yeKuwait, nyika duku, yakapfuma mumafuta iri pamuganhu wekumaodzanyemba weIraq. Pashure peIraq
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. 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.