Lessons from Iraqi invasion

I was in Iraq as a POW during the last state of liberating Kuwait by the allied forces after invading it by the Iraqi forces on the Aug 2, 1990.
The experience there was totally inhuman, against the Geneva Convention and totally not expected from a close Muslim & Arab neighbour.
After the Iraqis felt the eminent air and land strikes, they started to arrest Kuwaiti civilians from streets and homes, to keep them in hand when exchanging for their Iraqi POWs.As Kuwait is approaching the 20th anniversary of the invasion, I find it essential to go through some of the lessons of that experience and to talk about the needed measures for our coming future:
1) We need to protect the rule of Law, Freedoms and equality for all the people on this soil.
2) Kuwait as a small country between three giant neighbours, we need strong long term ties with the strategic friends and allies to protect our security and existence.
3) Fortunately, we do have strong and growing budget we need to invest more in education, as it is the long term investment for the coming future generations of this country.
4) It is important to keep strong business relations with the east and the west, to maintain steady cooperation with the world, which truly helped in our difficult days.
5) As Iraq is reaching stability slowly and hopefully surly, we will need to benefit from the bright side of our neighbourhood and try to build bridges between us, even if in new free trade zones in the south of Iraq and the north of Kuwait.
6) The Gulf Cooperation Council must be utilized for a better regional economy, given the regional economical growth and financial stability for all the GCC members.
7) Kuwait as a financial centre will require comprehensive legislative and administrative steps to make real changes in the doing business environment of Kuwait and be able to compete on the regional and the global levels...

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By: Labeed Abdal - Attorney at Law

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