Iraq with nukes BEFORE the first gulf war?
well, in the mid80ties saddam would use one against teheran or another city... just to make clear that iran has to stop the war (ignoring that he started it...)
he used gas against the iran, why should he not nuke them?
this can only improve his situation
a.) the usa will like it, as long as the iraq do not use it against israel
b.) the russians love it, too, cause the iraq is a friend... to have nukes mean to pay for em, they are really expensive...
c.) for israel, it is difficulty, but on the other hand - if iraq bomb israel, israel glass iraq... and saddam knew this. so beside some sable rattling nothing will happen
d.) kuwait will be a iraqi province, nothing changes for people with money and nothing for people without money... as long as the non-sunits want to make trouble (saddam still can gas em)...
world live with a nuclear india, nuclear israel, nuclear pakistan and nuclear northern corea... we do not know if we can live with a nuclear iran... but again, if things went bad israel will build the largest glassed parking lot of the world... so to say it short: who cares?