Iran and Iraq - Part 2 Iraq Goes Bust

Iran and Iraq - Part 1 Saddam’s Miscalculations
Iran and Iraq - Part 2 Iraq Goes Bust
Iraq sleepwalked into the Kuwait war in 1990 with the US pulling the strings behind the scenes. In fact, then US ambassador in Iraq met Saddam Hussein before the invasion of Kuwait and assured the Iraqi dictator that Washington would stay out of the developments no matter what, tacitly approving the Iraqi invasion of the neighboring country. However, when things got out of hand, the US viewed Saddam as a liability in the region and it sought to remove its former strongman.

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Why did the US get involved when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990?
On 2 August 1990, Iraq, governed by Saddam Hussein, invaded neighboring Kuwait and fully occupied the country within two days. Iraq accused the United States and Israel of deliberately weakening Iraq by encouraging Kuwait to reduce oil prices. When Iraq began to threaten Kuwait early in July 1990, the United States staged maneuvers in the Gulf to warn Iraq against taking military action against the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.

Milestones: 1989-1992. The Gulf War, 1991
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