Sorry about that Kevin, I was only attempting to answer Art's original question.

NicoleC:

"RE: #3 LOL!
Yeah, gotta watch those dangerous rulers who actually try to help their citizens! "

Point being made was that neither could actually pay for the populist programmes they implimented. The solution was to acquire the revenue elsewhere (Hitler, Sudatenland and Russia - the occupation of western europe did not feature in his original plans: Hussein, Iranian oilfields and control of the Shat-Al-Arab and when that didn't work Kuwait).

People keep coming up with this motive, on the part of the American Government, of a desire to take over and control the oilfields of Iraq. The only person who has ever done this is Saddam Hussein.