| Sumario: | This article focuses on Kuwait's enthusiasm on the impending war on Iraq. It is nuanced, tempered by feelings that range from excitement at post-war business opportunities, to a sense of obligation to the friend that chased out Iraq in 1991, to anxiety at being hurt in war or ostracized by fellow Arabs, to doubt about America's real ambitions in the region. Kuwaitis also want to see their country resume its traditional role in the region. The 1980-89 Iran-Iraq war, followed by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent 12 years of sanctions, cut off the emirate from family and trading ties in its natural hinterland.
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