Commitment Problems and the Outbreak of War.

Commitment Problems and the Outbreak of War.

A number of people have argued that the 2nd Gulf war was the result of a commitment problem, possibly on both sides. (1) Lay out all the reasons you can think of why Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush may not have been able to reach an agreement short of war, and then(2) offer at least one criticism about why this explanation may not be sufficient to explain why war broke out. (3) If a lack of credible commitments is unable to fully explain why war broke out in 2003, why do you think the war happened?