The U.S. feared that Hussein would gain and use influence if he controlled Kuwaiti oil
According to my lesson they had a written number system
He meant that he will make it so that the country gives people equal opportunities, not the same things. He wasn't about giving people things for free or making it a communist/socialist state. What he wanted was to make sure that the companies like the medical and pharmaceutical companies, or the banks, weren't exploiting people.