[TomB]

So you are saying we control Kuwait's oil? We don't pay for it or pay less than market value?

Are you actually saying that?

How about Iraq? Why didn't we keep their oil?

[eshu]

Dude, read the news: we're planning on using Iraq's oil to pay for the cost of invading them.

And no, I am not saying we get Kuwaiti oil for free - but Gulf War One was not fought to "restore democracy to Kuwait" either. We are protecting a corrupt monarchy because they are friendly to our business interests, that's all.