You said that the British left in 1932... Not much of a British protectorate without the British, though, eh? :)

I don't think we're really disagreeing here, though. I stated that the Iraqi claims were based on the fact that Kuwait was part of the same vilayet as S.Iraq during Ottoman times. I didn't say that Iraqs claims are justified. (although the fact that the British only gave them a tiny, waterlogged sliver of Persian Gulf coastline unsuitable for a decent port, isn't a terrible excuse to claim long-disputed Kuwaiti territory.)

I also stated that the independence of Kuwait from Iraq was impossible without meddling of the English, that Iraq was screwed deeply and repeatedly by the British after WW1, and that the memory of these events might colour the Iraqi people's perception of the Anglo-American invasion today. What's to disagree with?

---Lepus Rex