Well Iraq felt like Kuwait had betrayed them for their own issues (which shouldn't have involved us) and they asked if the Bush admin/US would intervene. April Glaspie, the US Ambassador relayed the message from Washington to Baghdad that the US wouldn't intervene. Of course as soon as the world was in an uproar, the US acted like the savior and proved to be the bullshit artist.
so we acted when the world was in an uproar about it. thats bad? had the world sat back and not cared, maybe we wouldnt have gone in. kinda like Darfur, world doesnt seem to care, i.e the United Nations.. I would support military action there, would you?
The Bush admin did NOT get involved in pushing Iraq back UNTIL they got signed agreements from BOTH Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to allow the US have a military presence and favorable trade for the next half century.
thats good, why wouldnt we want to get some benefit of our own for putting our soliders at risk?
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proven by whom?
thats good, why wouldnt we want to get some benefit of our own for putting our soliders at risk?
of course this is a bad thing but part of the consequence of the world having enemies. I'm not saying I like it or support it, but it is what it is.
we did have an idea that was going to happen and saved Kuwait from invasion and getting some benefit to ourselves in the process.