Quote Originally Posted by Monty92 View Post
Weren’t the Iraqi forces under Saddam camped out on the Saudi border at one point ready to seize its oil supply? That would have had a good outcome.
Yes. Especially as they burnt the Kuwaiti oilfields in their retreat. Imagine if they'd done the same in Saudi.

It's all about the lesser evil. Just because you choose what you believe to be the lesser evil doesn't mean you don't know it's evil.