Nah, when it comes to running Iraq...he's a genius. He attacked Kuwait, because they were poking at him and they ignored his warnings to knock it off.
The Kurds did the same thing in '88. Sadam said: " Don't bother me with a rebellion while I'm fighting the Persians...Or else!! " they didn't listen, and when it was proved that the Iranians were funding the rebellion in the North...Sadam gassed the guerilla fighter's women and kids...The message was: " I warned you, now knock it off " They did. The war with Iran ended and Sadam got busy trying to get his house in order.
The Kuwatis were tapping into oil reserves and making it difficult for the Iraqi's to get their oil into the gulf. Sadam was pissed, because he need the oil cash...The people were begining to grumble, and Sadam did not want to end up like the last dictator...He was stoned, shot and buried outside of Bahgdad, He was then dug up and placed in the city's busiest 4 way street...The corpse was run over repeatedly, as it rot in the desert heat...Sadam is determined to die of old age.
The Kuwatis thumbed their nose at Sadam, so after sending some envoy's to gripe to the Us...they came back with the official US response...( A shrug of the shoulders )...So he attacked.
The Saudi's freaked, and american oil companies were worried, but also delighted...Oil profits would soar, but it wouldn't be a good thing to lose assets in Saudi...So the US kicked Sadam out.
With sanctions in place, the oil companies retain good profits, and the Saudis have one less enemy to worry about.