Operation Welcome Home
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- 1991
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If tomorrow
all the things were gone
I'd worked for all my life
And I had to start again
With just my children
and my wife
To be livin' here today
Because the flag
still stands for freedom
And they can't
take that away
And I'm proud to be
an American
Where at least
I know I'm free
Because there ain't
no doubt, I love this land
God bless the U.S.A.
The Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
General Colin Powell.
We're all very proud
We're also proud
of the soldiers and the airmen
and the Coast Guardsmen,
all the G.I.s
of our armed forces
who showed what this nation
is capable of;
who showed that
we stand for something
and, yes, we do more
than stand for something.
We're willing to fight
for something.
America loves them.
America is proud of them,
and America thanks them
for what they did
for the cause of freedom.
I thought Saddam Hussein would
realize that we were serious,
but he's even dumber
than I thought he was
because once you send
Bob Hope into a theater,
it usually means you're serious
and we're going to win.
But in the final analysis,
it came down to brave,
young men and women who were
willing to go in harm's way.
Summer, 1990.
America at peace.
A nation at play,
in pursuit of its values
and traditions.
After 40 years of Cold War
and confrontation
with the Soviets,
America was preparing
for a peaceful future.
far off in Iraq, Saddam Hussein
was building the fourth
largest army in the world
with weapons supplied
by the Soviets
and the western alliance.
Ironically, some
of the very nations
in Operation:
Desert Storm.Yet, beyond his military power,
the depth of Saddam's brutality
was reflected
in his repression at home
by public hangings
and the apocalyptic
scenes at Halabja,
In building up
his personality cult,
Saddam took
a most dangerous gamble
when he surprised the world
by invading Kuwait
on August 2, 1990.
It was a gamble that triggered
an immediate response
from the United States.
It is not the United States
against Iraq.
It is Iraq against the world.
the most massive mobilization
and troop buildup
since the Vietnam War,
with the support
of the American people,
a combination
of new military leadership
and high-tech weaponry
were brought together to contain
Saddam's threat
to the world order.
I loves you!
I love you so much!
From the lakes
of Minnesota
To the hills of Tennessee
Across the plains
of Texas
From sea to shining sea
And across America,
a new wave of patriotism
swept the nation
as American families saw
their sons and daughters
go off in defense of liberty
in order to free
the Kuwaiti people
aggression against Saudi Arabia.
And I'm proud to be
an American, where at least...
And the playing fields
of America
would become empty
with the departure
of America's sons and daughters.
And I'd gladly stand up
Next to you and
defend her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt
I love this land
God bless the U.S.A.
And I'm proud
to be an American
Where at least
I know I'm free
And I won't forget
the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I'd gladly stand up
Next to you and
defend her still today
Because there ain't
no doubt I love this land
God bless the U.S.A.
While Americans debated about
the tactics of confronting
Iraq's aggression,
at no time did they deny support
for their sons
and daughters in uniform.
God bless the U.S.A.
In August 1990,
America was preparing to
confront the aggressor's might
in Operation:
Desert Shield.George Bush would
draw a line in the sand
against further
Iraqi aggression.
American soldiers would
learn from their leaders
what America expected of them.
Everybody's recognizing
that they probably
won't be a war in Europe,
something we worried
about for 40 years.
Everybody's saying it's going
to be a world of peace;
things are going to
be different.
Couldn't be, that
in this kind of new world,
we still have
this kind of an aggressor.
And then, over
the last few days of July
and then into early August,
the first day of August,
it became clear
that this buildup
north of the Kuwaiti border
was much too large
a buildup simply to be
a threat or something
to scare Kuwait.
But Mr. Hussein was
giving assurances
to all of his friends
and neighbors
that, "no, I'm not
going to attack,"
and the next day, he did attack.
In a few short hours,
he subjugated a free
and independent country
by the force of arms.
What you're doing
is very important,
because it sends a message
that this is a new era.
It is a new world.
The United States and
Soviet Union are cooperating.
The U.N. is working again,
but there are still bad people
in the world.
Mr. Hussein, Saddam Hussein,
is a bad person,
and he's got to understand
that kind of aggression
can't be tolerated.
One of the great joys I had
and it was
with a deep sense of pride
that when the president
called us up to Camp David
and I went up
with your Commander-In-Chief,
General Schwarzkopf,
and we laid out for him
what we could do
and what our options were
and what the Air Force could do
and what the Army could do
what the Navy could do and what
what the Coast Guard could do...
the great source of pride
to me was to know
that I wasn't just
blowing hot air.
I wasn't just making it up.
I knew what
because I know the kind
of troops you guys are.
I know the kind of capability
you have in your weapons.
I know the kind
of capability that exists
and the kind of leadership
that you have.
I know what you are like
because I've seen you
at the national training center
and I visited the 24th
when I was force com
commander last year,
so I knew what the Armed Forces
of the United States could do.
I knew that if
the president called on us,
we could do just what he asks us
to do and do it in short order.
And here, in a matter
of 5 weeks and 2 days,
we have assembled
well over 100,000 soldiers.
Well, well over 100,000
soldiers, sailors and Marines,
airmen and Coast Guardsmen and
have put a force in place here
in the kingdom and in the other
nations around the kingdom
that will make it clear
to Saddam Hussein
that he ain't going no further.
The president's put down
the marker
that working with
our other friends,
The United Nations,
Soviet Union,
around the world, the
aggression's going to be stopped
and we won't be satisfied
until Mr. Hussein
takes his army out of Kuwait
and lets the Kuwaiti people
have their country back.
So you guys are
an important part of all that.
You're what makes it possible
play its role in the world.
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