Excerpt from George H.W. Bush’s Address to the Nation Announcing Allied Military Action in the Persian Gulf, January 16, 1991
This is an historic moment. We have in this past year made great progress in ending the long era of conflict and cold war. We have before us the opportunity to forge for ourselves and for future generations a new world order—a world where the rule of law, not the law of the jungle, governs the conduct of nations. When we are successful—and we will be—we have a real chance at this new world order, an order in which a credible United Nations can use its peacekeeping role to fulfill the promise and vision of the U.N.'s founders.
We have no argument with the people of Iraq. Indeed, for the innocents caught in this conflict, I pray for their safety. Our goal is not the conquest of Iraq. It is the liberation of Kuwait. It is my hope that somehow the Iraqi people can, even now, convince their dictator that he must lay down his arms, leave Kuwait, and let Iraq itself rejoin the family of peace-loving nations.
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
Which justification does President Bush give for the Persian Gulf War?
A.
the liberation of Kuwait from an invading force
B.
the oppressive rule of a dictator in Iraq
C.
the use of arms to foment a coup in Iraq
D.
the attacks of insurgents within Kuwait and Iraq
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