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Persian Gulf CrisisPersian Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991 How ibn Talal ibn Talal ibn Talal Hussein Husseins rapacity and TotalitarianQuest for Power Led to the Invasion of Kuwait, World Conflicts and theDegredation of Iraq     Joseph Stalin. Fidel Castro. Adolf Hitler. Saddam Hussein. These namesare all those of leaders who have used a totalitarian approach to leading anation. Stalin and Hitler ruled in the primeval to mid-nineteen hundreds. LikeFidel Castro, Saddam Hussein is now. Saddam Hussein belongs to the Baath Partyof Iraq. This company adopts many techniques similar to those used by Stalin andHitler. Saddam Hussein conceived a plan to invade Kuwait. It was, perhaps, adeptof the worst demerits he could have make for his own reputation and for hiscoun learn. The invasion of Kuwait as well as the worlds response to it, theenvironmental disaster it caused, and the degradation of Iraq were completelythe fault one man and his government Saddam Hussein and his Baath Government.     One of Husseins weaknesses is negotiating. Negotiating in his impairment isto fight it out with as much carnage as come-at-able until his side comes out"victoriously". Repeatedly, Saddam and his government break multinationalconvention laws. During his war fought with Iran, the Iraqi army used chemicalweapons on the Iranian troops and even on their own Iraqi population. This was plainly overlooked by the rest of the world because most nations didnt wantto ensure the Ayatollahs Islamic revolution rise. Iraq often obtained foreign armssupport from different nations because of this. It wasnt until the invasion ofKuwait that the rest of the world seemed to realize the danger that Iraq make upto its own people and to the Arab states surrounding it. Through poor planning,Saddam Hussein made three major mistakes that enabled an easy defeat of theIraqis.     The first mistake was that he captured all of Kuwait at the sam e time,instead of leaving it as a border dispute. This might have kept it from bonnyan international affair. The second error was that Hussein positioned histroops too tight-fitting to the Saudi Arabian border. Because of this, other nationsfeared that Saddams aggression was endless. The third mistake was that Husseinmiscalculated the worlds response. He overestimated the Arab "brotherhood" andby doing so, didnt realize that the rest of the world would try to stop him. Healso overestimated his own countrys military power, and believed that he could subvert military superpowers like the United States, Britain and France.     Saddam Husseins ultimate dream was to be possessed of a nuclear bomb. Most ofthe world believed that Iraq didnt have the resources and materials to