<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gulf War">Persian Gulf War</a>: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba'athist_Iraq" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Iraq</a> out of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>.