If Iraq had not invaded Kuwait, the war would not have started. Saddam Hussein wanted to take control of the oil fields. Such is the cause of thirst for power. He would have had plans to take control of the oil fields sooner or later as their oil fields are not producing much, and in the long run, he knew that their economy would be affected. Iraq was devastated in the Iran-Iraq war and owed about $80 U.S billion and the cost to recover from the war was about $230 billion U.S dollars. As such, Saddam Hussein grew desperate. When he saw that Kuwait was producing oil above the quota by OPEC, he saw it as an opportunity. He believed that he was given the perfect opportunity; that now he had a reason to attack Kuwait to justify his desperate methods of using violence. Therefore, Iraq is the triggering cause of the Gulf War, thus Iraq should be blamed for the start of Gulf War.