George herbert walker bush's Political Initiative

From 65438 to 0988, Bush successfully ran for president. He has been in power for four years, with a mediocre internal affairs and active abroad. He once proposed "New Atlanticism" to adjust the relationship with allies. He has made remarkable achievements and brought about fundamental changes in the world political structure. During his presidency, Eastern Europe changed dramatically, the Soviet Union disintegrated and the world pattern changed fundamentally. However, economic recession occurred in China, factories closed down, economic growth rate declined, inflation rate and unemployment rate remained high, and voters' income declined. 1992 general election without re-election.

Beyond containment strategy

In the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union, he announced in May 1989 the strategy of "transcending containment" against the Soviet Union. 65438+Meeting with Soviet President Gorbachev in Malta in February.

1990 From May 3/KLOC-0 to June 3, an agreement was reached with the Soviet Union on reducing strategic nuclear weapons, destroying and not producing chemical weapons, and supervising and inspecting underground nuclear tests, and an agreement was signed with Gorbachev.

The idea of a new world order

199 1 In June, he put forward the idea of establishing a "new world order" in his State of the Union address. Promote the evolution of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, break away from the socialist system, unify Germany and end the Cold War.

The United Nations claims to send troops.

After Iraq invaded Kuwait, Bush insisted that the United Nations send troops to intervene, and personally participated in and commanded the military operation codenamed "Desert Storm". Won the Gulf War. Solving the fiscal deficit is not smooth.

The first economic problem that Bush faced after he took office was the fiscal deficit. From 65438 to 0990, the United States had a deficit of $220 billion, which tripled from 65438 to 0980.

Bush thought the solution was to reduce government spending, but under the pressure of the Democratic-controlled Congress, Bush could only choose to increase taxes to solve the deficit problem. In the 1988 election, Bush promised not to raise taxes during his term of office, but this move broke his election promise.

He loves war and ignores economy.

During Bush's tenure, the United States also experienced a six-month economic recession, and the unemployment rate jumped to a high level, greatly increasing the welfare expenditure of the federal government. By 1992, the unemployment rate had risen to 7.8%, the highest since 1984.

At a news conference on 1990, George H.W. Bush said that he preferred to deal with foreign policy rather than domestic economic problems. This remark is regarded by the outside world as evidence that he loves to fight against injustice and does not attach importance to the economy.

1992 in the us presidential election, bill Clinton, who played on behalf of the democratic party, attacked bush with a slogan that hit the status quo in the United States: "idiot! The problem is the economy! " (silly! It is economics! ) Operation Desert Shield

During his tenure, the situation in the Middle East became tense. 1 August 19901day, Saddam's Iraq invaded Kuwait, a neighboring country rich in oil resources. As the Middle East is the main oil producing area in the world, all countries in the world are worried that the oil price will be affected, which is regarded as a great threat to Saddam Hussein.

At first, George H.W. Bush issued a statement condemning Iraq's invasion, which was a move that Saddam dared to confront the whole world. However, he soon announced that the United States would launch a defensive operation "Desert Shield" aimed at preventing Iraq from invading Saudi Arabia.

Under the authorization of the UN Security Council resolution, the United States organized a 34-nation alliance. By Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Honduras, Italy, Kuwait, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Korea, Spain, Syria, Turkey. In this war, the US military accounted for 74% of the 660,000 troops.

operation desert storm

He lobbied all sides to take military action to succeed. 199165438+1October 12. The US Congress authorized the army to expel Iraq from Kuwait. Since then, other countries in the alliance have also authorized their own troops. 19911116, the allied forces began to carry out a powerful air strike called "operation desert storm". Thousands of attacks every day. The weapons used are guided bombs, cluster bombs, air explosion bombs and cruise missiles. Therefore, Iraq fired eight Scud missiles at Israel the next day. The primary goal of the allied forces is to destroy Iraq's air force and air defense facilities. This task was quickly completed, and the allied air force was almost unimpeded in the subsequent war. Although Iraq's air defense capability was better than expected, on the first day of the war, the allies lost only one plane.

Operation desert saber

199 1, on February 24th, the ground battle codenamed "Desert Saber" began. The "Desert Saber" military operation is a land war launched by multinational forces, aiming at destroying Iraq's elite troops-* * * and the National Guard.

In the "Desert Saber" military operation, the multinational forces concentrated 3,700 tanks, most of which were new-generation main battle tanks. Iraq has 4,000 tanks, including medium-sized tanks, but there are also many new-generation main battle tanks imported from the Soviet Union and western countries.

The multinational force adopted the tactics of shifting from east to west, and the main force suddenly broke into Iraq from the western front. A new generation of main battle tanks of American M 1 series, German Leopard 2, French leclerc, British challenger and other multinational forces rushed in front to cover the infantry, broke through the border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and entered southern Iraq, cutting off the retreat of 654.38 million Iraqi troops. As the main assault force of multinational forces, the new main battle tank violently attacked Iraq's * * * and National Guard.

The tank battle in the "Desert Saber" military operation is almost "one-sided", that is, the main battle tanks of multinational forces surround Iraqi tanks, and use the advantages and flexible tactics of new main battle tanks to destroy Iraqi tanks one by one with tank guns and anti-tank missiles. From February 24 to February 28, in the ground battle that lasted more than 100 hours, 1500 Iraqi tanks were destroyed. The tanks of Iraqi armored forces escaped the attack of "desert storm", but they could not escape the "desert saber". In the "Desert Saber" military operation, the new main battle tanks of multinational forces showed their talents.

Withdraw troops from the Persian Gulf

1991March 10, the US military withdrew 540,000 troops from the Persian Gulf.

At first, Bush hoped that Saddam Hussein would be overthrown through an internal coup. But when the people in southern Iraq began to rebel against Saddam, Bush did not support them because other allies opposed overthrowing Saddam's regime at this time. As a result, the riot was brutally suppressed by Saddam Hussein.

Leave Saddam Hussein alone for a while

In the book Changing the World published by 1998, George H.W. Bush discussed the issue of changing the Iraqi government:

He said: "If we destroy Saddam Hussein's government in 199 1 and change the land war into an invasion of Iraq, then we will violate our purpose of not changing our goals in action and enter a state of sliding goals. Therefore, we will have to occupy Baghdad and the whole of Iraq. The alliance will be dissolved immediately, the Arab countries will leave us angrily, and other allies will leave. In this case, we don't have any feasible "escape plan" that doesn't violate our principles ... If we invade, the United States may still be the occupier of hostile countries today. The result-perhaps a tragic result-will be another way. " The most important thing for Bush in diplomacy is to strengthen the friendly relations between China and the United States. 1974 to 1975. During his tenure as the director of the US Liaison Office in People's Republic of China (PRC), he had close ties with senior officials in China. After coming to China several times.

1989 February, Bush paid a working visit to China.

From June 5, 2003 to 10, he visited China at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.

From June 5 to February 2006, he visited China at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.

In March 2008, he visited China at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.

On September 27th, 2009, overseas Chinese in Houston, USA, awarded the "2009 Outstanding Friends of China Award" to the Bushes in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the development of Sino-US relations in the past 30 years.