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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Bill who wrote (306192)	10/8/2002 4:36:59 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) of 769670

Well that your opinion Mr. Bill. A well informed one I might add, but still your opinion. As far as I recall, one of Saddam's rationales for annexing Kuwait was to reclaim former territory. Now, we all know his claim isn't legitimate. But, they were all once part of the same Ottoman Empire and Saddam viewed Kuwait as a renegade province. "Kuwait was the first state to terminate the agreement connecting it with Britain. Oil production in Kuwait had developed more quickly than in neighboring states; as a result, Kuwaitis were better prepared for independence. They declared independence in 1961 but ran into immediate trouble when Iraq claimed the territory. The Iraqis argued that the British had recognized Ottoman sovereignty over Kuwait before World War I and, because the Ottomans had claimed to rule Kuwait from what was then the province of Iraq, the territory should belong to Iraq. The British immediately sent troops to Kuwait to deter any Iraqi invasion. British and Kuwaiti positions were supported by the newly formed League of Arab States (Arab League), which recognized the new state and sent troops to Kuwait. The Arab League move left the Iraqis isolated and somewhat intimidated. Accordingly, when a new Iraqi government came to power in 1963, one of its first steps was to give up its claim and recognize the independence of Kuwait." countryreports.org I'm not talking out of my ass as you claim. Iraq and Kuwait were once part of the same country and historically Iraq has considered Kuwait part of its territory as the above passage explains. In any case. We should have done what the British did in the early 1960s and sent troops over to Kuwait to deter Saddam from invading in 1990. Why we didn't is up to much speculation?

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