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Why did President George W.H. Bush hail 'a new world order' after the 1991 Gulf War?

It meant that the US could now do whatever it wanted.

There seemed to be a much better chance of lasting peace because after the Cold War the United Nations was no longer so sharply divided on ideological grounds.

Saddam Hussein had been toppled at last.

Bush had suddenly decided that realist theory was rubbish.

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Explanation:

Saddam Hussein was not toppled until the next Gulf War (2003) (answer c). Some people might have thought that the US could do whatever it wanted after the first Gulf War, but it still operated within certain constraints (answer a). Whatever Bush's approach to international relations, it was quite possible to realize the significance of the first Gulf War without rejecting realist theory