i think its A the iran contra affair
The event which started the Gulf War in 1991 was a) the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. There were the largest amount of coalition forces during this war since World War II, with most of them being from the United States, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Egypt fighting for Iraq to immediately stop it's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
The Second Boer War was fought between the Dutch and the British for control of a major gold mine
Lots of things are different but one could be religion