Desert Storm Research Paper
violent storm blowing its destructive winds from the shores of Syria to the shores of Europe. A storm that begun its path of fury 36 years ago with the Soviet invasion to Afghanistan.
It is 1979 and the soviets have just ordered an operation code named "Storm-333". An operation that in which Soviet Special Forces toppled the Afghan government in just 43 minutes, but has started a war that will last a decade.
Within this trajectory, the Soviet invasion of, and subsequent war with Afghanistan (1979-1989) stands out in particular as a lasting legacy of the Cold War. Globally, its outcome continues to plague international society in the current struggle between the Western liberal democratic order and Islamic extremism.
The Soviet decision to …show more content…
It was the Iraqi ruler- Saddam Hussein that provided the impetus (unintentionally might add) to these Islamic Jihadist forces in the Middle East.
The Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in 1990. Alarmed by these actions, fellow Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene. Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began with a massive U.S.-led air offensive known as Operation "Desert Storm".
In light of Saddam's invasion Bin Laden offers to help Saudi royal family through his organization and resources, but in return he is rejected ridiculed and treated with ostentatious contempt in his Importance and abilities by the Royal Saudi regime. Instead, the royal family turned to the West in order to protect the 'cradle of Islam'.
The rejection on one side and turning to the west for protection on the other shocks Bin Laden as he would describe it as "one of the hardest moments of my life". Angered, humiliated, and feeling betrayed by his Saudi patrons, he leaves for Sudan in 1992 and from there begins his war against the infidels
It is 1979 and the soviets have just ordered an operation code named "Storm-333". An operation that in which Soviet Special Forces toppled the Afghan government in just 43 minutes, but has started a war that will last a decade.
Within this trajectory, the Soviet invasion of, and subsequent war with Afghanistan (1979-1989) stands out in particular as a lasting legacy of the Cold War. Globally, its outcome continues to plague international society in the current struggle between the Western liberal democratic order and Islamic extremism.
The Soviet decision to …show more content…
It was the Iraqi ruler- Saddam Hussein that provided the impetus (unintentionally might add) to these Islamic Jihadist forces in the Middle East.
The Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in 1990. Alarmed by these actions, fellow Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene. Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began with a massive U.S.-led air offensive known as Operation "Desert Storm".
In light of Saddam's invasion Bin Laden offers to help Saudi royal family through his organization and resources, but in return he is rejected ridiculed and treated with ostentatious contempt in his Importance and abilities by the Royal Saudi regime. Instead, the royal family turned to the West in order to protect the 'cradle of Islam'.
The rejection on one side and turning to the west for protection on the other shocks Bin Laden as he would describe it as "one of the hardest moments of my life". Angered, humiliated, and feeling betrayed by his Saudi patrons, he leaves for Sudan in 1992 and from there begins his war against the infidels