Without us you’d be Iraqis, remember that.

To start off, I'd like to rebut this point. I know there's a giant list of some forty countries who all contributed to the liberation of Kuwait, but it was the mostly the United States and the UK. If you're just trolling, then well done.

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I think there's a special relationship between the two peoples because of the long history between each other. While Kuwait was still composed of pearl-divers and sailors, Egpyt had a fully functioning modern society and government. Egypt had long had its independence (though they continued to fight for it until the 1950s), while Kuwait was a tiny trading port at best.

Then there was oil. The rapid gain of, at the time, a virtually unlimited supply of money through the sale of oil is what changed the relationship between the two. Kuwait needed teachers, engineers, and much more. Sure there were Palestinians and Lebenese who are