PLEASE HELP: The excerpt below is from a speech by President George H. W. Bush. This conflict started August 2nd when the dictator of Iraq invaded a small and helpless neighbor. Kuwait—a member of the Arab League and a member of the United Nations—was crushed; its people, brutalized. Five months ago, Saddam Hussein started this cruel war against Kuwait. Tonight, the battle has been joined. —President George H. W. Bush, January 16, 1991 Which international action was President Bush justifying with this speech? using diplomacy to resolve a dispute

cutting off diplomatic relations with a country

using military action to halt hostile aggression

initiating a trade ban against a foreign nation