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Originally Posted by 9th Engineer
Why was Kuwait a justified war? Just because we won? As long as our interests had stayed safe what justification did we have for attacking Iraqi forces back then?
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Kuwait was a sovereign nation. A member of the UN. A country that threatened no one. A country whose borders and principles required UN response.
Yes, it was also essential to our interests since Kuwait was a major producer of oil. Kuwait also was a friend and supporter of America. But that was secondary to something more significant.
How much of a smoking gun was it? Who paid for Desert Storm? Never forget important numbers. Saddam's invasion of Kuwait was so much a smoking gun that America paid little for that war (demonstrating again how smart George Sr was and how dumb George Jr is). Who contributed most money that war? Japan. Why did European nations go out of their way to organize hundreds of trains moving American VIIth Corp out of Europe? The same effort to get out of Iraq today is predicted at 12 or 21 months. Europeans did the most important work in weeks. Conquest of Kuwait was that much a smoking gun to the entire world.
I am disappointed you did not appreciate the extent of world response and widespread support for Desert Storm even from Latin American nations. World response was so massive in response to a smoking gun that even American extremist conservatives finally conceded the cold war with Russia and China really was over. Who paid for that war? The most damning indication how serious that smoking gun event was. America paid little of those costs because Desert Storm was justified by a smoking gun that massive.