I doubt history will see bush as great,
Saddam went into kuwait because of slant drilling he felt they were stealing from him and he felt he had the US's blessing.
"On Wednesday July 25, 1990, the American Ambassador in Iraq, April Glaspie, asked the Iraqi high command to explain the military preparations in progress, including the massing of Iraqi troops near the border. The American ambassador declared to her Iraqi interlocutor that Washington, “inspired by the friendship and not by confrontation, does not have an opinion” on the disagreement which opposes Kuwait to Iraq, stating "we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts". She also let Saddam Hussein know that the U.S. did not intend "to start an economic war against Iraq". These statements may have misled Saddam into believing he had received a diplomatic green light from the United States to invade Kuwait (New York Times, September 23, 1990)."
He worked for the CIA that's why nothing happened to him in gulf1.Another theory why we went in after 911 was Saddam wanted to start trading oil for euros instead of dollars.
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