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Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of George H.W. Bush's speech before a joint session of Congress on Sept. 11, , in which he describes his vision of a new world order amid the Persian Gulf crisis. Read the full speech here.
We stand today at a unique and extraordinary moment. The crisis in the Persian Gulf, as grave as it is, also offers a rare opportunity to move toward an historic period of cooperation. Out of these troubled times, our fifth objective — a new world order — can emerge: a new era — freer from the threat of terror, stronger in the pursuit of justice, and more secure in the quest for peace. An era in which the nations of the world, East and West, North and South, can prosper and live in harmony.
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A hundred generations have searched for this elusive path to peace, while a thousand wars raged across the span of human endeavor. Today that new world is struggling to be born, a world quite different from the one we've known. A world where the rule of law supplants the rule of the jungle. A world in which nations recognize the shared responsibility for freedom and justice. A world where the strong respect the rights of the weak. This is the vision that I shared with President Gorbachev in Helsinki. He and other leaders from Europe, the Gu
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“Persian Gulf Crisis” President George H.W. Bush Address to Joint Session of Congress Washington, D.C. September 11, |
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When Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, , it didn’t take Washington long to bring force to bear. Some US fighters, troops, and warships came onto the scene almost immediately, and more arrived with each passing day. The prompt positioning of forces probably stopped a full-scale Iraqi thrust to the Saudi oilfields.
By mid-September, President George H.W. Bush was able to speak with guarded confidence about US prospects, but he went further, telling Congress that the Gulf crisis offered the opportunity for what he called “a New World Order,” a period of international cooperation and peace in which “the rule of law supplants the rule of the jungle.”
Four months later, Bush took a major step toward that goal. On Jan. 17, , he launched a powerful US air campaign that went far toward destroying Iraqi forces in Kuwait. But the world of peace was not to be. Eleven years later—to the day—after his speech to Congress, al Qaeda struck in New York and Washington.
We gather tonight, witness to events in the Persian Gulf as significant as they are tragic. In the early morning hours of August
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