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Reasons For Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait
- Iraq's Official Reason
- Iraq claimed that the revolutionaries in Kuwait requested for Iraq to free Kuwait from its ruling government
- Iraq saw this as a rightful reason to invade Kuwait, and warned other countries to not intervene its invasion of Kuwait
- Iraq saw this as a rightful reason to invade Kuwait, and warned other countries to not intervene its invasion of Kuwait
- Iraq claimed that the revolutionaries in Kuwait requested for Iraq to free Kuwait from its ruling government
- Saddam Hussein's Leadership
- Saddam Hussein saw himself as a great leader
- Saddam Hussein saw the refusal of Kuwait to give in to his demands as defiance and a form of personal attack on him
- This caused Saddam Hussein's dislike for Kuwait
- Also, majority of the Iraq population is made up of the Shi'a Muslims while Saddam Hussein is a Sunni Muslim
- Iraq also had a large army numbering in millions
- Following the Iraq-Iran war, the economy of Iraq was devastated
- The people saw this war as a failure, and they were angry due to the extremely high prices of daily necessities
- Saddam Hussein feared that the people, army, and Shi'a Muslims will rise up against him if situations in Iraq does not improve
- This further convinced Saddam Hussein of the need to gain control over Kuwait so that Iraq will be in control of 20% of the world's oil production
- This way, Iraq will be able to earn more revenue from the sales of oil, thus, economic problems in Iraq will be resolved
- This way, Saddam Hussein will be able to secure his position as he regain popularity among the people
- Thus, Saddam Hussein decided to invade Kuwait
- Thus, Saddam Hussein decided to invade Kuwait
- This way, Saddam Hussein will be able to secure his position as he regain popularity among the people
- This way, Iraq will be able to earn more revenue from the sales of oil, thus, economic problems in Iraq will be resolved
- This further convinced Saddam Hussein of the need to gain control over Kuwait so that Iraq will be in control of 20% of the world's oil production
- Saddam Hussein feared that the people, army, and Shi'a Muslims will rise up against him if situations in Iraq does not improve
- The people saw this war as a failure, and they were angry due to the extremely high prices of daily necessities
- Following the Iraq-Iran war, the economy of Iraq was devastated
- Iraq also had a large army numbering in millions
- Also, majority of the Iraq population is made up of the Shi'a Muslims while Saddam Hussein is a Sunni Muslim
- This caused Saddam Hussein's dislike for Kuwait
- Saddam Hussein saw the refusal of Kuwait to give in to his demands as defiance and a form of personal attack on him
- Saddam Hussein saw himself as a great leader
- Iraq misread USA's position
- Saddam Hussein met the American ambassador to discuss the problems between Kuwait and Iraq before its invasion of Kuwait
- However, Saddam Hussein misread USA's stand towards it invading Kuwait
- Saddam Hussein thought that the US was sympathetic with Iraq and will not intervene if Iraq invade Kuwait
- Hence, Iraq thought that it will not face the severe consequence of having to fight against USA with its invasion of Kuwait
- This caused Saddam Hussein to be more confident to invade Kuwait and win as he thought that he had USA's support
- Hence, Saddam Hussein decided to invade Kuwait
- Hence, Saddam Hussein decided to invade Kuwait
- This caused Saddam Hussein to be more confident to invade Kuwait and win as he thought that he had USA's support
- Hence, Iraq thought that it will not face the severe consequence of having to fight against USA with its invasion of Kuwait
- Saddam Hussein thought that the US was sympathetic with Iraq and will not intervene if Iraq invade Kuwait
- However, Saddam Hussein misread USA's stand towards it invading Kuwait
- Saddam Hussein met the American ambassador to discuss the problems between Kuwait and Iraq before its invasion of Kuwait
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