Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Soviet Union yakatsoropodza Saddam Hussein's 2 August 1990
Kutora Kuwait, uye vakatsigira chisarudzo cheUnited Nations chinobvumira kushandiswa kwesimba remauto, kana zvichidiwa, kuti vaite kuti kurambidzwa kwezvombo kuIraq kuitwe. Asi rutsigiro rwemauto rweSoviet Union nokuda kwaHussein rwakaitawo kuti United States nedzimwe nyika dzokuMadokero dzishoropodzwe zvikuru. MuWashington, D.C., nyanzvi dzeHeritage Foundation dzezvematongerwo enyika dzekunze Jay P. Kosminsky naMichael Johns vakanyora musi wa30 Nyamavhuvhu 1990 kuti, "Vachipomera kupindirwa kweIraq, Gorbachev anoramba achibatsira Saddam muchiuto. Nokubvuma kweMoscow imene, musangano wenhau wapamutemo waAugust 22 naRed Army Colonel Valentin Ogurtsov, vanachipangamazano vehondo veSoviet 193 vachiri kurovedza nokubetsera mauto ehondo eIraq ane varume vane miriyoni imwe. Pachivande, manyuko ePentagon anotaura kuti pakati pa 3.000 na 4.000 vapi vezano vehondo veSoviet vangave vari muIraq".