The world could wait no longer. . while the world waited, saddam hussein met every overture of peace with open contempt.” –president h. w. bush read the quote and then fill in the missing word in the following statement. the united states and its allies launched the missile and bombing phase of the persian gulf war on january 16, 1991. this attack phase, explained in the passage, was named a. operation desert shield c. the line in the sand b. operation desert storm d. operation liberty