Let’s talk about Kuwait
In an effort to stay informed about Kuwait, I decided to look into a little bit of it’s background. Kuwait is a country that was overseen by Britain until 1961. In the 1990′s it was attacked by it’s neighbor Iraq. With help of US forces the country was liberated https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ku.html.
To date Iraq has paid Kuwait 27 billion dollar and still has to pay 25 billion more in effort to compensate for the attack http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=NzI2MzE2MDc2. Kuwait has real concerns with border control between itself and Iraq. Violence still erupts at the border of Iraq and Kuwait. Another growing concern is the situation with nuclear weapons programs in Iran. Iran has not agreed to any proposals set by the west and therefore is making Kuwait uneasy about what will happen next. http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=ODA3Nzc2NjM2.Now all of the above information paints a very bleak picture of Kuwait. However that is not entirely true. This country is fairly small, but fairly wealthy. It has seen an amazing amount of growth mainly because it is rich petroleum. Since the rise of oil prices the country actually had a surplus in their budget! https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ku.html
While I was researching these few facts I came across this video and I was so amazed at how this country has bounced back from all the violence. This video shows the devastation caused in the 1990 and how the area looks now. It is absolutely amazing! I think this is this great I don’t know of anywhere else that would look so dramatically different in such a short amount of time!
Advertisement
