| without wanting to go off topic.
the first gulf war itself was a bit of a joke. It isnt a well advertised fact, but SH had rights to the oil fields exploted by kuwait, as they were originally iraki teritory. It also hasnt been advertised that SH attempted to negociate peacefully over those field, and threw a few ultimatum at them. They chose to ignore those, because of US backing. before SH invaded kuwait, he was granted a green light by the US. It was an inter arabic conflict with which they didnt want any involvement. It's only when george snr realised that he and a few members of his cabinet owned the company exploiting those contested fields that it all kicked off.
Of course, the first thing we heard of it here was that SH had unlawfully invaded kuwait.
it just makes you realise how sick the world we live in is. |