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Much bigger military operation because what many of the allies signed on to was only to liberate kuwait. the united states allowed saddam hussein to stay in power. >> the message flashed in new york city's times square said it all. the war in the gulf has ended. >> saddam hussein had had bigger than life ambitions. he was willing to do whatever it took to stay in power, to exert himself, to make iraq the geostrategic center of the middle east. he failed at all of them.

Damndest to provoke israel into entering this armed conflict, including sending scud missiles into tel aviv. >> the remains of a house in tel aviv after this morning's scud missile attacks. eight missiles landed altogether in the haifa and tel aviv central area. there was no warning of them. >> it was a fairly clever ploy by saddam hussein to split apart the coalition and it took all of the diplomatic wherewithal of the president to keep israel out of the war. >> the coalition will give saddam hussein until noon saturday. >> if he doesn't begin moving his forces, the allied coalition is on the...

Situation. there's probably going to be a lot of press there. i've got to go. the president lands. and i'm out there with my piece of paper. and he took the paper, goes over to the microphone and that's when he just said -- >> this will not stand. this will not stand, this aggression against kuwait. i've got to go. i have to go to work. >> it was an unusual sound from him. but he was firm because he really meant it. bush had a moral code. i think he got it from his prep school, he got it from his mother. and saddam hussein didn't do the honorable thing. he invaded another country. >> from the ...