According to George Piro, an FBI Agent who interviewed Saddam, what really convinced him to invade Kuwait wasn't illegal drilling, trade disputes, or oil prices. Those issues had already been resolved by
an agreement with Kuwait two months before the invasion. Instead, the real cause behind the war was something much more trivial. In
this interview, Piro said that Saddam decided to invade the small but wealthy country based on one brash comment by the Emir of Kuwait regarding Iraqi women.
If the Emir had managed to hold his tongue, then we would see thousands of lives spared and much stronger Iraq, thanks to its newfound influence in OPEC.