OIL AFTER THE GULF CRISIS: Oil the cause of the Gulf Crisis

If Kuwait had no oil, Saddam Hussein would not have ordered his troops to attack Kuwait. Were there no oil in the Middle East George Bush would not have hastened to send US soldiers and weapons to Saudi Arabia. The reasons given by these two quarrelling leaders are merely attempts to justify their present and future actions.

In 1920 Kuwait was still part of Iraq. In early 1920's England left behind a time bomb when she let go of her power and influence in the Middle East because of the pressure of rising Arab nationalism, in particular the rise of Ibnu Saud, the creator of