"A Line In The Sand: War or Peace" ABC News Special - The Gulf War 1991

Five and a half months after Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, George Bush drew a line in the sand. When ABC News anchor, Peter Jennings went to air on January 14, 1991, the U.S. was not necessarily on the eve of war, but if President Bush attacked, he would have had the support of a United Nations resolution and a majority in the Congress, albeit a narrow one. Millions of Americans, whether they supported the President or not, were beleaguered by questions, which only seemed to beget questions--whether this is an American concern to whether American military power can achieve the President's objectives--all the "what if" questions. This piece of geography has become hauntingly familiar to Americans, though its landscape, largely barren, continues to disguise just how complicated the Middle East really is.
The February 24, 1991 opening of the Ground War phase of Operation Desert Storm (February 24-28 ,1991).
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[@JohnJohnson-fr5cx]

Awesome upload friend! Pete Jennings was and is the gold standard for news anchors although few if any can live up to him

[@MCOult]

When the major TV news organizations were still more-or-less trustworthy.
A very different time from now.

[@CubaLibre69]

The news organizations haven’t changed.

[@AllenMacCannell]

Back when we believed the news and agreed with pro war policy...oh wait...

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Vietnam Syndrome meant Americans really did not support Wars.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Of course America had an interest Oil (Not a bad thing.) and defending a Sovereign Country from invasion. It was a quick War with limited allied casualties. I think it was completely justified.

[@Cyan_Nightingale]

Well to begin with, Iraq also had obsession with oil. That's why Iraq invaded Kuwait, to claim its oil deposit.. especially after the Iran-Iraq War & Iraqi corruption which had taken toll on Iraq economy in late 1989.

[@Bobafetts_edits]

My grandpa almost died in this war

[@DeAngeloStevens]

The Day after Auburn Tigers football ended a 10 year series with Florida State $20,000, it wasn't the first time, and won't be the last until 1999 end of the Century.

[@olafirraudir7648]

It was and is a lie.