CBS News - Desert Storm - 1991-01-16 - 9 p.m. (E)
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[0:20] This is a CBS News special report.
[0:22] Showdown in the Gulf. Reporting from New
[0:25] York, Dan Rather.
[0:31] No decision that any president has to
[0:34] make is of greater consequence than the
[0:36] decision to go to war. President Bush
[0:39] has made it in regards to Iraq's
[0:42] invasion, occupation, and rape of
[0:45] Kuwait. And at this hour, the full force
[0:49] of United States air power, in so far as
[0:53] we can determine, is being directed at
[0:55] Iraq and at Iraqi forces in Kuwait with
[0:58] the goal to drive Iraqi forces out of
[1:00] Kuwait. They entered on August 2nd and
[1:02] in a quick Blitzkrieg strike conquered
[1:05] the country. Uh at that time, so far as
[1:07] can be confirmed, there are no reports
[1:10] of any ground force action in the war
[1:13] thus far. The plan was and in so far as
[1:17] can be made out is being carried out to
[1:20] have the air war go for time enough to
[1:22] get air superiority to knock out the
[1:24] enemy's offensive capabilities and then
[1:26] possibly go to ground war. We go now to
[1:28] the White House, the Oval Office and the
[1:31] President of the United States.
[1:36] >> Just two hours ago, allied air forces
[1:39] began an attack on military targets in
[1:42] Iraq and Kuwait. These attacks continue
[1:45] as I speak. Ground forces are not
[1:48] engaged. This conflict started August
[1:52] 2nd when the dictator of Iraq invaded a
[1:55] small and helpless neighbor. Kuwait, a
[1:59] member of the Arab League and a member
[2:01] of the United Nations was crushed, its
[2:04] people brutalized.
[2:06] Five months ago, Saddam Hussein started
[2:08] this cruel war against Kuwait. Tonight,
[2:12] the battle has been joined. This
[2:15] military action taken in accord with
[2:18] Un