Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HMTihLKYw4
After USSR sided with the United States, The Iraqis soon started to retreat the set the oil fields on fire. Kuwait oil is very important to United States, since that was where most of our oil had come from. This video is showing how difficult it was for the United States to maneuver around these oil reserves that have been just set on fire. The only way to stop the fire is to use lots of dynamite. However by using dynamite, numerous more problems can occur. Nevertheless, even with the Iraqis going to such drastic measure, we were still able to defeat them and end the war in a mere four days.
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