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After the July 1990 Mediation by the Arab League, Kuwait had agreed to revert back to proper OPEC quotas. This shows that Kuwait was reasonable and would settle its disputes in a peaceful manner. This is compared to Iraq's way of aggression by stationing Iraqi soldiers at the border of Kuwait. In addition to that, Iraq postponed these peace talks as well as started the invasion of Kuwait. Thus, although Kuwait was blamed for ignoring OPEC for a short period, Iraq was the one who "triggered" the war.
Iraq was to be blamed. During the period before the Gulf War, Iraq and Kuwait actually met to attempt to solve the problems during the Arab League Talks (July 1990) However, Iraq was seen to be unwilling to negotiate. This is evident as Iraq had been delaying and postponing negotiations.Iraq started to station Iraqi troops at the border of Kuwait which Kuwait dismissed as a bluff. After that, Iraq then attacked Kuwait a day before the supposed negotiation. This shows that Iraq had initiated the war towards Kuwait using aggression despite peaceful means being implemented, showing the direct cause of the Gulf War.
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Iraq's intent on invading Kuwait was to gain resources for its own benefits. After the 8 year Iran-Iraq war, Iraq's economy was suffering. Also, since Iraq was landlocked, they had very little resources. Sadam Hussein then resorted to invasion of other countries to gain resources. By invading Kuwait, Sadam could gain wealth and natural resources to solve its financial problems. Hence, Iraq was to be blamed for the Gulf war as they themselves wanted the resources from Kuwait to begin with.
Stalin did manage to pull Russia out of poverty with his plans. Even though a heavy price was paid, Stalin did manage to get Russia back up on its feet. The amount of goods produced is much more than that before Stalin took over. From 1927-1937, production of electricity, oil, coal and steel increased. This is therefore a success whereby Russia is geared for production and this is a long term effect.
Yes, it is justifiable for Truman to drop the bomb.
Truman had already warned the japanese about the bomb and asked them if they wanted to end the war. So, basically, Truman already gave the japanese a chance to surrender and end the war before more lives were lost. But, the japan had this 'never give up' culture and the 'I would die for my emperor' thinking. So, they did not surrender and was quite angry with the Americans. Truman also knew that the bomb was a new creation by scientists and they do not know how much power and destruction it can cause so they had to try it out. Not only that, when America drops such a powerful devastating bomb, others will know the power of America and soon, America would find a lot of countries going on their side.
Therefore, it is justifiable for Truman to drop the bomb.
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