The Soviet Union collapsed, Iraq was defeated, and a new environment was created in the region in which both of them felt more secure, but they were also now left unchecked.
Sovětský Svaz se rozpadl, Irák byl poražen a v regionu byla nastolena nová situace, ve které se oba národy cítily bezpečněji, zároveň však chyběla rovnováha.