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Supposedly, Saddam had thought he'd gotten the go-ahead from the US State Department before the Gulf War to invade and annex Kuwait - the State Department meanwhile thought he was only asking about invading Bubiyan and Warbah.
What if Saddam had only invaded Bubiyan, Warbah, and the Kuwaiti portion of the Rumalia oil field (where Kuwait was accused of stealing Iraqi oil).