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To: Michael Watkins who wrote (14214)11/30/2004 7:50:19 PM
From: Yogizuna  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20773
 
>>> There's at least as much reason to believe that Bush I and Co. planned on allowing Saddam his grand ideas because they a) wanted to have some fun destroying him (Powell 1990 said as much), and b) saw higher oil prices as a reasonable outcome for a time, as Ambassador Glaspie (July 25 1990) commented to Husayn "We have many Americans who would like to see the price go above $25 because they come from oil-producing states." <<<

Do you have a sorce for that Powell quote for my own records?



To: Michael Watkins who wrote (14214)11/30/2004 10:25:08 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 20773
 
Saddam wanted a neo-Babylonian empire with himself at the head. Control of the Persian Gulf's oil would make him one of hte most powerful figures in the world. There's no reason to think he ever gave up the idea.

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