WI No Gulf War

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It could even lead to a Cuomo presidency. The reason that Coumo decided not to run was because of GWHB who was very popular after Desert Storm. Without the Gulf War, Coumo may decide to run and maybe he'll even win. Who would be his VP? I'm guessing Clinton or Gore.
 
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If memory serves, Iraq actually had some legitimate grievance against Kuwait. Kuwait was slant drilling near the boarder and taking oil from beneath Iraqi land. If there is no invasion then Saddam would need to address this issue by some other means or risk being seen as weak.

Also without the war, there is a chance that Iraq has a nuclear weapon by 1995. Gulp.
 
Also without the war, there is a chance that Iraq has a nuclear weapon by 1995. Gulp.

Israel would likely take care of that, same as they allegedly took care of Gerald Bull, the main guy in Project Babylon. And of course the Iraqi nuclear site in 1980.
 
Israel would likely take care of that, same as they allegedly took care of Gerald Bull, the main guy in Project Babylon. And of course the Iraqi nuclear site in 1980.

The Israelis aren't omnipotent. I heard that after Osirak, Saddam spread his sites out so they couldn't all be destroyed at once.

Of course, the Israelis can still continuously cause problems--assassinations, sabotage, even trying an Osirak 2.0 (although without the Iran-Iraq War, the Iraqis will have a lot more planes available to try to stop it).
 
Sorry but Saddam's alleged grievances against Kuwait turned out to be entirely imaginary, although that didn't cause the few who fell for them to offer apologies later.

There was no substance to Kuwait 'overdrilling' from the territory jointly shared by Kuwait and Iraq. For one thing, the percentage of the oil remaining exceeded Iraq's total share so...neither was the slanted oil drilling ever established.
 
Of course, the Israelis can still continuously cause problems--assassinations, sabotage, even trying an Osirak 2.0 (although without the Iran-Iraq War, the Iraqis will have a lot more planes available to try to stop it).

The OP's POD comes in 1990, so there would an Iran-Iraq quagmire.
 
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