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Once the UN's January 15th deadline failed, the Desert Shield turned into a Desert Storm.
聯合國1月15日的最后期限一到，“沙漠盾牌”就變成了“沙漠風暴”。
Allied forces began bombing Iraq on January 16th 1991.
盟軍在1991年1月16日開始轟炸伊拉克。
On February 23rd, the land defensive began.
2月23日，陸地防御開始。
Even the elite Iraqi forces preferred surrender to combat.
即使是伊拉克的精英部隊也更愿意投降而不是作戰。
Kuwait was freed in three days.
科威特在三天內得以解放。
Although deposing Saddam Hussein was a definite option,
盡管廢除薩達姆·侯賽因是個肯定的選擇，
President Bush held back, fearing that deposing Saddam would be destabilizing to the Middle East.
布什總統沒有這么做，他擔心廢除薩達姆會導致中東的不穩定。
Especially giving Iran to free of a hand.
尤其是會使伊朗坐大。
Indeed, the Shiite regime in Iran would like nothing better than a Saddam-less Iraq dominated by a Shiite majority.
確實，伊朗什葉派更希望一個非薩達姆式的、由什葉派統治的伊拉克政權。
Even Israel, which hated Saddam Hussein even more than the Americans did, recognize the wisdom of President Bush's decision.
甚至以色列，雖然他們比美國人還要恨薩達姆，他們承認布什總統決定的英明之處。
America, as the sole remaining superpower,
美國，作為唯一的超級大國，
had shown itself willing to work with the international community in the form of the United Nations.
展示了愿意通過聯合國和國際社會合作的決心。
There was no illusion about who had led the allied coalition against Iraq,
大家都知道是誰促成了反對伊拉克的聯盟，
but it speaks tremendously about President Bush's leadership that this coalition worked so well.
但是當時主要談到的是在布什總統的領導下這一聯盟很有效。
