“But the Kuwaitis are our friends. “
By “our”, do you mean American or Israeli?
American allies, from Saudi Arabia to Kuwait, do not acknowledge’s Israel’s existence. But, they are American allies and allow America to defend them when their enemies(Saddam Hussein) attacked them.
“But the Kuwaitis are our friends”
...and?
Friends? No. But there are degrees of bad and Kuwait is no Iran.
I have a very good friend who is now a lawyer but flew in the first gulf war for the USA. He is Jewish.
Shortly after arriving in Saudi Arabia, a full general found him, a young ifficer, and called him into a private meeting. He (my friend) was panicking trying to figure out what he did wrong.
Well, the general presented him with new dog tags that said “Protestant B” in them and confiscated his dog tags that said “Jewish.” Apparently the Kuwaitis didn’t want any dirty Jews fighting for them.
I’ve seen the dog tags with my own eyes. It’s why he quit the military after his time.