A follow up question should have been asked by Wussy Chrissy to Schwarzkopf: So we need a host nation base from which to execute the invasion, not allies to help take part in the attack? The answer: Yes. We already do have Kuwait, Turkey, Qatar, Bahrain, and Jordan. Saudi Arabia would help, but is not essential this time.
It seems picky these days to bring up such an arcane issue as national sovereignty, but none of the Gulf nations will permit us to launch an unprovoked attack on Iraq from their territories. Turkey might, but it borders on Iraq's west, far from the Persian Gulf. Warfare is not magic...