Editing Rollback (section)

=== George H. W. Bush ===
After the [[Iraqi invasion of Kuwait]] on 2 August 1990, a coalition of Western militaries deployed to protect [[Kuwait]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] from [[Ba'athist Iraq]]. While the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]] successfully freed Kuwait, many military leaders and American politicians called for a full invasion of Iraq to replace Iraqi dictator [[Saddam Hussein]] and effectively roll back his regime. However, President Bush ultimately decided against a full invasion of Iraq.

Between 1988 and 1991, the fifteen [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Soviet republics]] gradually declared their laws superior to those of the Soviet Union, and the USSR ceased to exist on December 26, 1991.<ref>{{cite book|first=Victor |last=Rosenberg|title=Soviet-American Relations, 1953–1960: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange During the Eisenhower Presidency |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y611AAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=McFarland & Co.|page=260|isbn=9780786419340}}</ref>