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To: TimF who wrote (196031)8/8/2006 10:54:19 AM
From: DavesM  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
re: "So Iraq had a dispute with Kuwait and launched a massive invasion and tried to annex Kuwait."

That's pretty much it. What is also forgotten, is that during the Iran-Iraq War, the United States clearly supported Kuwait - even re-flagging Kuwaiti oil tankers so that they were American flagged ships (and under the protection of the U.S. Navy).