We have seen how Mr. Bush has been able to rally the country to the cause of fighting Iraq and freeing Kuwait.

The United States led an international coalition which heavily bombed Iraq and freed Kuwait in 1991.

During January-February, 1991, the coalition forces, operating out of Saudi Arabia, freed Kuwait of the Iraqi occupation.

It was not until October that he decided to transform the defensive Desert Shield into the Desert Storm operation that would free Kuwait.

Egypt was among the first countries to support King Fahd's call for help in defending Saudi Arabia and freeing Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.

Those conservative voices want the United States to expand the aims of the war from freeing Kuwait to removing Saddam Hussein.

You don't think I want my young nephews at the front lines getting killed by Iraqi soldiers for the sake of freeing Kuwait, do you?

If the measure succeeds in freeing Kuwait, he said, it would represent "a very remarkable exercise in collective security."

Senator Sam Nunn argued that there was no vital American interest in freeing Kuwait in the next few months.

The carriers and their aircraft were also an important part of the military campaign that freed Kuwait and defeated the Iraqi army.