By contrast, in the earlier Iraq war, the first President Bush, after amassing an unprecedented international coalition that succeeded in liberating Kuwait, did not press ahead to Baghdad to oust Saddam Hussein and his government, despite the urging of many that he do just that.
相反的，老布什在对伊拉克的前一场战争中，获得其他一些国家的支持下，成功地解放了科威特之后，他并没有进一步挺进巴格达而赶走萨达姆政权，虽然当时有一些人希望他这么做。