Never heard of it. I think you're misunderstanding me...I wasn't being critical; I think that among other reasons, eliminating his support of terrorism in the region was a perfectly legitimate casus belli.
The two are somewhat related anyway, at least to the extent that they occur in the same region.
And while it's true that other countries in the region have and continue to facilitate anti-Israel terrorism, Saddam was fairly brazen about it by comparison.
And, yes, Israel could have chosen to strike, but I think we were discouraging them from doing so, because it would complicate the peace negotiation efforts we were involved in.
As far as Iraqi oil goes, it was only important in an indirect way, since it was largely a French concern, as far as I know.
What is even weirder is that Israel is probably their best source of intelligence about plots against them from within the Arab countries. They can probably trust Israel to be straighter with them than than their neighbors.
Don’t think it is not possible. Turkey, Jordan, and Egypt all have “working relationships” with Israel. Quiet, but working nonetheless. Besides, who right now is the only power in the ME with working nuclear warheads and delivery systems?
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt trust Israel with nukes more than they trust Iran or Syria with nukes. Israel is smart enough to know what happens to them all if nukes are used in that relatively small area.
Iran scares them more than Israel does.