Ground War In The Persian Gulf

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of the approximately 85 missiles that Iraq fired against Saudi Arabia and Israel.
President Bush's decision to terminate the ground war at midnight February 28 was criticized for allowing Baghdad to rescue a large amount of military equipment and personnel that were later used to suppress the postwar rebellions of its Shiite and Kurdish citizens. In his own defense, the president asserted that the war had accomplished its mandate, given by the Security Council, to expel the Iraqi forces from Kuwait and reestablish Kuwaiti independence. His decision was probably influenced by his desire to maintain coalition unity, particularly to keep on board the Arab members, who were increasingly unhappy at the devastation inflicted on Iraq's infrastructure and civilian population.
Iraq, for its part, had gravely misjudged the coalition's war strategy, its degree of unity, its firepower, and the number of casualties that the Iraqi army could inflict. The United States suffered only 148 killed ...

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