# DVD Transfer 76 (CNN Gulf War Coverage from January 16-17, 1991)

(c)1991 Cable News Network-WarnerMedia This contains coverage from the January 16-17, 1991 CNN coverage of the beginning of the Gulf War; where an American-led military coalition sought to - and succeeded in - ousting the forces of Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein from Kuwait (Hussein's forces had moved into Kuwait on August 2, 1990 and had their collective eyes on Saudi Arabia; which would have potentially put Saddam in control of world oil markets). Saddam eventually was forced out by February 28; and the success of the mission - with relatively few coalition casualties - proved the final breaking of the American military in terms of stepping out of the military malaise in the aftermath of Vietnam and for President George H.W. Bush (whose poll numbers soared to the high 80s and at least one poll having his approval rating as high as 91%) in shedding the last vestiges of his reputation as a "wimp" that had developed during his time as Ronald Reagan's Vice-President (though Bush's vulnerability would be domestic policy; with an economic recession and a Republican base enraged at Bush for signing a 1990 budget agreement that increased taxes in spite of Bush's repeated pledge in 1988 not to raise taxes {"Read my lips, no new taxes"}; both of which contributed heavily to Bush's defeat at the hands of Bill Clinton). This also was unquestionably the high-water mark for CNN, which gained international acclaim for their coverage - especially for the reports by Bernard Shaw, John…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1991
- By: CNN-WarnerMedia
- Genres: War, News
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/dvd-transfer-76)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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