Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 2 August 1990, Hondo yeIraq yakapinda muKuwait
kutora minda yemafuta nemari nemhaka yemakakatanwa enharaunda, kutyorwa kweOPEC kwechikamu, uye chikwereti chakakura icho Iraq yakanga ine chikwereti kuKuwait. Nyika dzakawanda neUnited States zvakakurumidza kushora kuvhozhokera kwacho. Pana 5 August 1990, ipapo Mutungamiriri weHurumende Bush akadana kurwisa "kudenha kwakajeka", uye kuti "ichi hachigoni kumira". Pakazosvika musi wa6, Saudi Arabia yakanga yapa United States mvumo yokutumira mauto munyika yavo uye Pentagon yakatanga zvaizonzi Operation Desert Shield mumaawa mashomanana.