2007-01-30 16:50:16 · 3 answers · asked by COBAN 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Iraq invaded Kuwait and cut off a large portion of our oil supply. The economic chaos (higher crime rates as people couldn't afford gas, people freezing to death because of a lack of heating oil, the rise in food price due to increased transportation costs, etc) that was going to occur needed to be stopped.
2007-01-30 17:12:56 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Saddam invaded Kuwait, he mobilized 3 units on the Saudi border. This was much more than was needed to occupy Kuwait and it was strongly inferred that he planned to invade Saudi Arabia. The Saudis have almost no military to speak of. Saddam, a megalomanical nutcase, would have seized a major chunk of the international oil trade.
We intervened in our own interests and on behalf of the Saudis and Kuwaitis. Saddam, in order to save his own sorry hide, cut a deal with us if we allowed him to remain in power. Parts of the deal included the "no-fly" zones and allowing weapons inspectors. Once Saddam was back in power, he thumbed his nose at everything he agreed to do. Based on his firing on U.S. planes and not allowing weapons inspectors, we invaded again.
For reasons to complicated to go into here, I was against the first Gulf War but supported the second.
2007-01-31 01:15:32 · answer #2 · answered by Jesus Jones 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because iraq invaded kuwait, taking over the oil wells, causing us to look at our intangible sources of power.
2007-01-31 00:58:40 · answer #3 · answered by motivated0311 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋