If Kuwait and Iraq’s only export was bananas, do you think the U.S would have spent trilions,caused hundreds of thousands of deaths on 2 wars. Laughable. the slogan might have been used by lefties. But that doesn’t negate the fact it was true
You’re talking about two separate wars, although the second was directly related to the first, like WWI and II. The second Iraq war was about it violating the conditions of its surrender, while the first was likely about oil supplies, but also a mad dictator just wanting to conquer more territory. We have the luxury of sitting here in the future judging past events through the lens of not having to worry about how they turn out, because no we know. When you’re uncertain, things are different.