I remember that. I was a senior in college and filling in some open electives. One class was “Middle Eastern History” and my prof. completely missed the bus on Husseins Invasion of Kuwait. There was a lot of belligerent rhetoric before the invasion and she kept saying “ Hussein is just talking tough”. Boy was she pissed when she had to answer student questions in class the day after the invasion. I also was taking “Political History of The Soviet Union” at that time- as it was collapsing under its own weight. The prof. would literally come in and say “ you remember what I taught you last week about the political structure of the soviet republics? Forget it, it’s all changed”. Poor guy, he was pulling his hair out as his syllabus went up in smoke.
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The article gives a nice concise background on the war. A lot of people forget how the Iran - Iraq conflict contributed to the Kuwait invasion. Did your prof ever mention how the Carter Administration bungled the Iran foreign policy?