George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush
Born	George Walker Bush (1946-07-06) July 6, 1946 New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
Nationality	Statesian

George Herbert Walker Bush, usually known as George H.W. Bush, was the 41st president of the United States of America, from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under President Ronald Reagan, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1976 to 1977. He is the father of George W. Bush, who was the 43rd U.S. president (in office 2001-2009), and so George H.W. Bush is therefore sometimes referred to as Bush Senior.

During Bush's presidency, the sanctions on Iraq passed by the UN Security Council at the behest of the United States on August 6, 1990, served to blockade the country, and were enforced by military means that was to last for 13 years, killing more than 1 million people. In the Gulf War of 1990-1991, more than 88,500 tons of bombs were dropped on Iraq. While U.S. leaders justified the war on the basis of Iraq’s occupation of Kuwait, U.S. military tactics showed that the main aim was to destroy Iraq. The civilian infrastructure throughout the country—water, power, phone and sewage systems, food and medicine production, storage facilities, schools and hospitals, roads and bridges, and more—were targeted. Military targets and troops were also hit, with an estimated 125,000 Iraqi soldiers killed. Through the presidencies of George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush up to the 2003 invasion, Iraq was bombed several times per week, with several periods of intense assault.