That’s why I really didn’t care if Saddam took Kuwait or not, we should never have gotten involved in Intra-Arab squabbles in the first place.
Exactly.
You get involved where they are gong to affect our own national interests. Saddam Hussein’s interest there was to control an overwhelming amount of the world’s oil so that he could blackmail the West (that would be the USA).
It was in the national interests and security interests of the USA to kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait. However, he should have been left in better control over his own country to prevent the situation that has developed today.
That would ALSO be in our national interest.