That is not that simple. Legally ‘Highway of Death’ was much closer to a war crime than not.
Also Bush promised the Soviet Secretary of State Shewarnadze that the Iraqi forces would have free passage back home.
This promise was one of the primary reasons why Iraqis agreed to withdraw from Kuwait to start with.
“Also Bush promised the Soviet Secretary of State Shewarnadze that the Iraqi forces would have free passage back home.”
Well, they did. In body bags.