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To: stockman_scott who wrote (64211)	1/3/2003 3:21:13 PM
From: Rascal	Read Replies (2) of 281500

"Saddam reportedly decided on war sometime in July 1990, but before sending his army into Kuwait, he approached the United States to find out how it would react. In a now famous interview with the Iraqi leader, U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie told Saddam, “[W]e have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait.” The U.S. State Department had earlier told Saddam that Washington had “no special defense or security commitments to Kuwait.” The United States may not have intended to give Iraq a green light, but that is effectively what it did. THis information is always buried. I wonder how many years it will take until "conventional wisdom" will accept this factual and introduce it into the records. (No wonder the records of that period are not being released by W.) Rascal@ ucanpaymenoworlater.com

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