1. If it was small compared to Iraq then it was easy to invade 2. It was very oil rich and if Iraq and Kuwait combined, it would control a lot of oil
Kuwait.
Kuwait
That was Kuwait.
Kuwait
None it invaded IRAN in 1981
The US invaded Granada in 1983.
Iraq
Iran invaded no country in 1990. Iraq invaded Kuwait in this year, but Iran and Iraq are two entirely different countries.
Iraq and its allies to the west attacked Iran and ended up in a stalemate. They thought why did we attack a huge country and not a tiny small one. They decided to invade Kuwait.
Wrong country. IRAQ invaded Kuwait. Not Iran.
Afghanistan and later Iraq.