1. resumed fighting.
The Dayton accords was initially made in order to end the Yugoslav wars that occurred for almost 4 years. 2 years after the agreement, Serbia and republic of Montenegro were involved in the Kosovo war versus the Kosovo liberation army
2. broke his promise not to raise new taxes.
Ever since the decision to enter war with Iraq, many citizens started to fear that the government would need to raise taxes in order to fund the war. Bush promised not to raise taxes in order to get support from the people. But he broke this promise in November 1990.
3. The United States failed to get involved in Rwanda when Tutsi people were being killed.
The conflict in Rwanda occurs after United states involved itself in the conflict in Somalia (which resulted in financial and military disaster for united states). Fearing that involving in new conflict would result in hundred of millions lost, united states decided to not get involved in Rwanda.
4. Bush’s popularity soared.
After the victory that achieved in the Gulf War, The approval rating for President Bush soared from 66% to 84%. But his approval rating plummeted down in the year after because of the economic blow back that happen after the war.
5. The federal budget was balanced.
The balance was being done by increasing the tax for upper middle class citizens and by rearranging tax allocation from the army to other sectors such as social security. Because of this policy, Bill Clinton was credited for the economic booms that happened during his presidency.
6. compromise with Congress.
The compromise was later known as the 1990 budget agreement. In 1990s, the government was experiencing a budget deficit due to the expense from the war. Congress persisted to increase taxes in order to cover for the deficit while Bush insisted to cover the deficit by reducing spending.
They eventually settle to the middle ground (they increase less amount of tax and reduce less amount of spending compared to what they both initially proposed)
7. The world depended on Kuwait for oil.
At that time, Kuwait exported about 30% of oil supplies for western nations. The coalition feared that if Iraq managed to invade Kuwait, they would obtain the oil resources and rise the price of the oil or even completely cut off the western nations.
8. to share the responsibility for government debt reduction.
He initiated a shared responsibility between the government and the citizens. The government would do its part by reducing the amount of government spending while the citizens do its part by accepting the raise in income taxes.
