The Reasons Of The Iraq Invasion Of War By Peter Fitzgerald

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I searched a lot to find an article that talks about the Iraq invasion of Kuwait. The article by Peter Fitzgerald “The Invasion of War” explores the reasons of the war between Kuwait and Iraq, considering that they were great allies in the past. He suggests that the differences between these two countries were economic and diplomatic. In the past the two were great allies and they greatly assisted each other during wars providing a protective edge in their territories. Their friendship was brokeup when the Iraq government realized that they owed them billions. Although at that particular time after the Iraq-Iran war Iraq used much of their resources and could not pay their debt to Kuwait. In a desperate move to resolve this problem, they requested for a reduction in oil prices (Fitzgerald 45).
Iraq and Kuwait were some of the biggest oil producing countries in percentage. The author claims that before the war they engaged into numerous arguments in regards to their oil business. At this time the author explains that Iraq requested for a reduction in the price of oil, but Kuwait didn’t want and this caused a lot of loss for Iraq. Iraq, as put by the then foreign minister Tariq Aziz, is said to have expressed his concern on the kind of losses that were occurring in the tune of billions on their oil business as prices per barrel dropped. All that Iraq wanted from the lowering of prices on crude oil was to help them clear their debt with Kuwait (Fitzgerald 7). Fitzgerald continues to explain how the relationship between Kuwait was finally stained when Iraq found out they were drilling their oil. Tensions between the two b...

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...The lack of diplomatic leadership was also a great factor; he describes Iraq as it lacked political and social legitimacy. Fitzgerald’s research on the invasion of Kuwait article summarizes their history and provides a clear overview of the history of the relationships between Iraq and Kuwait (Hassan 28). This helps the people to get a clear picture on the kind of problems that faced the Middle Eastern countries. The article provides a better knowledge with worthwhile information on the occurrences that destabilized the Middle Eastern countries. It mentions the reign of Saddam Hussein who was one of the most powerful dictators that did not bow down to Western influences (Musallam 67). As a result of his tough skin it led to a war that could have been avoided. In conclusion, war creates danger for any economy and while peace provides for steady economic growth.

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