Why did Saddam attack Kuwait in 1990?

Answer 1

Figured he could get away with it.

Answer 2

Here is the REAL reason !

After being allied with Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War until its end in 1988 (Kuwait paid Iraq to protect it from what it perceived as a threat posed by Iran), Kuwait was invaded and annexed by Iraq (under Saddam Hussein) on August 2, 1990. Hussein's primary justifications included a charge that Kuwaiti territory was in fact an Iraqi province, and that annexation was retaliation for the "economic warfare" that Kuwait allegedly had waged through slant drilling into oil supplies on Iraqi territories. Hussein deposed the monarchy after the annexation and installed a new Kuwaiti governor.

Answer 3

He did not think the rest of the world would do anything about it. The US govt. said that had he went in and took Saudia Araba also we most likely would not have went in.
He was losing ground in the Iranian war and both countries were tired of that conflect so Saddam had todo something to keep himself in the lime light.
plus he also wanted to tie down all of the regions oil reserves.
He chose war.

Answer 4

Because he is a power-hungry deranged lunatic that couldn't care less about anybody but himself. His public rationale was that Kuwait was really Iraqi land based on a long-standing territorial dispute.

Answer 5

because of the Gold
because of the Oil
and because of some smartass european construction companies building a southbound road from european taxpayers money, due to the inability to pay for it, after iraq got a bloody nose from the US.

Answer 6

He wanted the oil!

Answer 7

oil

Answer 8

He was hungry for oil and he was crazy.

Answer 9

cause someone didnt let him
poop in his bed =/
so thats f#ck3d up

Answer 10

oil money