"Nah, boogey man fantasy that Saddam could turn his small nation into a world empire - he would have been a regional dictator "
Oh didn't know the ME was considered a world empire....sounds kinda regional to me.....but you digress....I say steal the oil and screw the ME...
Steal the oil? When crooks steal - they usually need to fence their stolen goods - cheaply - thus Saddam would have had to sell his oil on the cheap.