What did the 70's oil crisis create ?

Back in the 70's some of you will remember the oil crisis that the Opec nations started, this was an embargo on all nations that supported the Yum Kippur war. This crippled the US and many countries that relied on its oil.

It was also a wake up call for the west, especially America, that if the whole Arab nations got together they could hold the rest of the world to ransom.

So if you want to know why we have got involved in getting Arabs to fight one another this is it.

Saddam was an a**hole but why did he really invade Kuwait ?..well the Kuwaitis di finance the Iraqis in the Iraq/Iran war..to protect the oil fields, but Kuwait was drilling under Iraq at the same time and stealing their oil, although it has alway been a disputed land, the Kuwaitis didn't give a feck.

The Kuwaitits were over producing 700,000 barrels a day over and above what opec had agreed, and Saddam was pissed..The Kuwaitis didn't care because they thought nothing would happen,they were wrong, even the American diplomat.. April Catherine Glaspie said:-

We can see that you have deployed massive numbers of troops in the south. Normally that would be none of our business, but when this happens in the context of your threats against Kuwait, then it would be reasonable for us to be concerned. For this reason, I have received an instruction to ask you, in the spirit of friendship — not confrontation — regarding your intentions: Why are your troops massed so very close to Kuwait's borders?

Later the transcript has Glaspie saying:

“ We have no opinion on your Arab-Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait. Secretary Baker has directed me to emphasize the instruction, first given to Iraq in the 1960s, that the Kuwait issue is not associated with America.

This was the green light for Saddam to invade, which is exactly what the US wanted, fighting between Arabs, to prevent them hold the west to ransom again.

Subsequently the west has systematically caused the Arabs to fight each other..with the outcome we all see today...Why ?

Because Arabs can't tell us what to do !..