Reply #14: there were historical territory issues that don't get much media play...

[mike_c]

...in the U.S. Kind of like Mexico invading Texas. Of course, both countries were "created" by the British anyway.

I voted that the U.S. action was worse. It has resulted in far greater death and destruction, has permanently damaged U.S. credibility, was based upon lies and disinformation, has hidden mnotives that the general public won't know about openly for years, if ever, and has done a great deal more to destablize the ME than the invasion of Kuwait. One might expect an act of unbridled aggression from a despot like Hussein, but the U.S. has fallen a long way in its descent to his level.