Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (3087)	10/6/2001 10:04:52 PM
From: BirdDog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

... you are debating with April Glaspie, who told Saddam Hussein... Is that when April was trying to negotiate a peacefull ending to the gulf war? :) ..those words are the most important and controversial ones in terms of why Irak invaded Kuwait... Saddam's proclimation that he next intended to conquer the entire middle east and destroy Israel isn't as important as "those words"? ...maybe you even all the history behind it... Yup... clear back to Kane and Able... BirdDog

To: 49thMIMOMander who wrote (3087)	10/8/2001 1:41:10 AM
From: DavesM	Respond to of 281500

re: I hope you understand that those words are the most important and controversial ones in terms of why Iraq invaded Kuwait... That is an understatement. IMHO U.S. policy regarding the Persian Gulf is centered around Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the smaller gulf states. The U.S. aided Iraq, because they believed that Iran threatened Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The U.S. fought Iraq, because they were a direct threat to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.