The resistance the Kuwaitis fought was still no match for the army and could not get an organized army to fight the Iraqis. The Kuwaitis situation was hopeless they were scattered all over and had no chance. The Kuwaiti troops had very little training, unlike Saddam's Republican Guards who were the elite military officers with good training and war experience. The Kuwaitis also face 55,000 of the Iraqi tanks. Of the 275 tanks the Kuwaitis had, about 200 were captured in the first hours of the invasion. The rest were destroyed by the Iraqi forces.
Many countries around the world did not approve of the invasion and were angered. The U.S. was especially mad. President George Bush called the invasion a "naked aggression" and ordered economic sanctions against Iraq. He froze 20,000,000,000 dollars that were in American banks. He also persuaded France and Britain to do the same. He did this to try to get Sadam out of Kuwait and back to Iraq. Next, Bush banned all oil imports from Iraq and trade.
Bush did not stop with the pressure to try to get Saddam out of Kuwait. As a warning, he ordered aircraft carrier USS Independence to be sent to the Persian Gulf, followed by 8 other war ships. This made Saddam reply "We swear," he threatened, "that we will make the Gulf a graveyard for those who think about committing aggression, starting with these cowardly, American navies!" (Nardo 31).
When Saddam took over Kuwait he did not expect such a huge international crisis. His invasion made him look bad, especially to countries that supported him like United States, France, And the Soviet Union. In Saddam's view he thought that leaving Kuwait would only hurt his image with the other Arab people. He said that backing down was cowardly and people would see him as a weak leader. He did not want people to see him as one because they thought him to be strong and would go against the odds. With this in his mind he again refused to leave Kuwait.