Kuwait is a huge producer of oil and the U.S. requires a lot of oil. The United States and some other countries did not want Sadaam Hussein to be in charge of so much of the world's oil.
They wanted to protect their investments in oil
They wanted to protect their investments in oil.
Kuwait, which was invaded by Iraq.Kuwait
America was allies with both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. When Iraq invaded Kuwait Saudi Arabia felt threatened, and asked America for help. The US was still trying to regain prestige after Vietnam, and to ensure that it would be the only major superpower after the collapse of the USSR, and it believed a military victory would be the way to do it. So, using the excuse of protecting its oil interests, it invaded Iraq.
Iraq, under the dictator Saddam Hussein, invaded Kuwait in 1990
Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1991
Iraq
Iraq invaded Kuwait and Suadi Arabi
Iraq invaded Kuwait for the oil in 1990, not the other way around :P
Kuwait is a Kingdom
Probably Kuwait...
The war started when Iraq invaded Kuwait (kew-ate) for Kuwait's oil. Iraq thought that Kuwait was illegally tapping into Iraq oil fields. That's when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990.