My father was invited to Kuwait's first national assembly in 1963.
That was the stated, and actual objective. But it was not the only objective. No industrialized country wanted to see energy costs rise. Japan, for example, spent a lot of money contributing to the coalition effort. And fighting to protect oil and energy prices is a legitimate reason.
You are being a contrarian. Plus, you were probably not even alive for Desert Storm. It was a magnificent operation!
National Assembly is the legislature in Kuwait, established in 1963.[4] Its predecessor, the 1938 National Assembly, was formally dissolved in 1939 after "one member, Sulaiman al-Adasani, in possession of a letter, signed by other Assembly members, addressed to Iraq's King Ghazi, requesting Kuwait's immediate incorporation into Iraq." This demand came after the merchant members of the Assembly attempted to extract oil money from Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, a suggestion refused by him and upon which he instigated a crackdown which arrested the Assembly members in 1939.
