HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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They had an alliance with Kuwait
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They had a peace treaty with Iraq
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They were dependent on Kuwait for oil
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They were dependent on Iraq for oil
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although the Middle East produces a quarter of world oil supplies, it holds between two-thirds and three-quarters of all known oil reserves. For that reason the United States and the West have continued to define the region as being vitally important.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indeed, oil was driving force behind the invasion and would lead to U.S. military involvement. “The fundamental U.S. interest in the security of the Persian Gulf is oil, ‘’ Paul Wolfowitz, under secretary of defense for policy in the George H. W. Bush administration, told Defense Secretary Dick Cheney.
Detailed explanation-3: -The United States imported an average of 157, 000 barrels of petroleum per day from Iraq in 2021.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thus the Persian Gulf basin is one of the largest in the world and its great reserves of oil are due, in part, to the large volume of marine sediments which it contains.