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Had the US given Saddam support after he had threatened to attack, then you might have been correct. But that was clearly not the case. One might argue that these petty dictators were the ones that were pathetic, because they were so dependent on foreign support...
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This is all but giving support to Iraq's stated willingness to attack
The US initially didn't care whether or not Iraq attacked Kuwait
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ARTICLE5/april.html
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U.S. Ambassador Glaspie - We have no opinion on your Arab - Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait. Secretary (of State James) Baker has directed me to emphasize the instruction, first given to Iraq in the 1960's, that the Kuwait issue is not associated with America. (Saddam smiles)
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Saddam basically asks for our permission to attack Kuwait (who admittedly were invading Iraq's borders by slant oil drilling into Iraqi oil fields.) And we gave it to him.
EDIT: oops, just noticed that ctembreull said the same thing. Ill leave mine up since it has commentary though...