ee Kuwait. It can be clearly said that due to the extreme power and sophistication of the U.S. and her allies that Saddam and his tiny nation of 17 million people stood no chance against the military might that is the United States and it's allies.
             After the U.S. defeated Iraq, therefore restoring Kuwait, the U.S. placed a number of sanctions on Iraq in order to contain Saddam and help Iraqi deal with their heinous ruler. The U.S. State Department described the aim as to keep Saddam "in a box" (Atiyyah 148) The original two goals of the sanctions were to withdrawal Iraqi forces from Kuwait and to reestablish the Kuwaiti government. During the eighties, Saddam acquired a dangerous amount of weapons of mass destruction potential (WMD). Already knowing fully how unstable of a person Saddam was, the U.S. decided action had to take place. The U.S. policy, which was pressed on Iraq was made up of the containment and humanitarian policies.
             During the eighties, the United States was silently supporting Saddam in his war against Iran, which was an enemy of the U.S. at the time. America actually sent Iraq large amounts of biological materials, which were used to construct WMDs. Over a billion dollars worth of parts were given to Saddam to produce missiles and nuclear weapons. The reason Iraq was allowed to build these dangerous weapons was
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