Actually Acheh and Maluku around 1949, at a time when the UN had little influence in the world and superpower was not a word, were caught up in a transfer of territories between The Netherlands and the United States of Indonesia and have been seeking independence since. This is a longstanding insurrection, something we can only guess might be taking place today in "Southern" Iraq if our generation had let Saddam's invasion stand. I dare say your example does not carry similarities to what happened to the soveriegn nation of Kuwait. Aiding insurrection in colonies that were annexed at a time when the UN was little more than a neat idea finally starting to gel and the US & Europe were trying to get NATO off the ground, does not bolster Buddha32's blame the heartless, oil-greedy American superpower coalition first argument. If this is the closest example to be proffered, then it is clear that what happened to Kuwait is not some "everyday" occurrence that America regularly lets happen around the world if oil or riches are not at stake. This is after all the idea that Buddha32 was trying to convey, and it is just not true.