Academic Writer

On the whole the Gulf War led to an increased awareness that activities in one area can have effects in areas seemingly far removed from them. The international community took action to deal with the problems produced by the war. And along with the questions about the morality of the war as a military conflict (whether it was a greater wrong to use force to liberate Kuwait or to stand by and permit Iraq to continue to perpetrate atrocities), questions were raised about the environmental effects of the war. For the first time many people began to recognize that there are no easy answers and whatever action one takes there will be some ill effect. Perhaps this new awareness of the complexity of moral choices marks the beginning of a new maturity of human culture.