> >But I have snagged myself a flag waver - Haven't you forgotten one
> >small detail? That in the first war, Iraq was backed to the hilt by
> >the very same Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Western Europe and United States?
>
> Certainly all four did not want to see Iraq lose its war with
> Iran--or see Iran interrupt oil shipments out of the Persian Gulf.
> But all four would have been considerably happier had Saddam Hussein
> not started his war with Iran in the first place...
.
That's certainly not true for Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. I bet not for the
U.S. either...
Seth