Oil in the middle east
During the rule of Saddam Hussein he had invaded Kuwait in order to take control of the countries vast oil reservers. Because of this world gas and oil prices had rose sharply due to this sudden seizure of the worlds oil.Not only this but many of Saddam's other war and human's rights crimes had caused the western nations of the world to invade and liberate Kuwait. However the real reason for the invasion was to take back the worlds oil and make sure that it would not fall under Saddam's control again.