Were not the Kuwaitis “Drinking Saddam’s Milkshake” as well?
“If you owe somebody $100, he owns you. If you owe somebody $100,000,000 you own him.” I there was a certain amount of that going on. Iraq owed Kuwait quite a lot of money after the Iran/Iraq war, so it was in Kuwait’s best interest to pal up with Hussein. Otherwise, they’d never get their money back. I don’t think they did anyway.