On George H. W. Bush and Iraq

Bush got a lot of credit for the way that he executed the first Gulf War and with reason; assembling an international coalition, utilizing an overwhelming force, refusing to get bogged down by chasing Saddam into Baghdad, etc.. But his performance prior to and afterwards left much to be desired; the fact that his diplomatic team all but waved Saddam into Kuwait and the fact that he egged the Shiites into trying to overthrow the Baathist government and then did literally NOTHING to assist them (an action that obviously had major consequences down the road in terms of establishing trust). I mean, I know that this is still a better record than Bush 2 but in an attempt to grade the senior's overall foreign policy record I might have to demote him to a C.