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Anti-Gulf War D.C. Protests (1991) On this day in 1991, between 75,000 - 250,000 placard-wielding students, veterans, farmers, and feminists marched past the White House in protest of the Gulf War...
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Anti-Gulf War D.C. Protests (1991)
Sat Jan 26, 1991
On this day in 1991, between 75,000 - 250,000 placard-wielding students, veterans, farmers, and feminists marched past the White House in protest of the Gulf War initiated by President George Bush. The march stretched over a mile long, sweeping down Pennsylvania Avenue.
Chants included "Hey, Hey, Uncle Sam, we remember Vietnam" and "No blood for oil!". Representative Rangel (D-NY) was the only member of Congress among the speakers there, saying "We have no right to have a Clint Eastwood foreign policy".
- Date: 1991-01-26
- Learn More: www.baltimoresun.com, libcom.org.
- Tags: #Protests.
- Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org
I suppose I'm no expert on this specific conflict, but wasn't it to stop the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and ended up being an almost universally acclaimed, highly effective, brief intervention that achieved its clearly defined goals?
I wasn't old enough to remember the politics at that time, but I do remember George W.'s invasion of Iraq in 2003, and protested in the streets. That conflict seemed to have no plan or goals besides making money for defense contractors. That conflict squandered any goodwill the US had left on the world stage. I still view it as the beginning of the end of American hegemony.
You're forgetting to ask the question, why was Iraq having a beef with Kuwait. If the US's motives were so pure why did they and the Saudis have to lie to Congress about dead babies in incubators exactly?
I highly recommend the DW documentary Iraq: Destruction of a Nation