where's michael pugliese when we need him?
:-)
j
On Monday, November 4, 2002, at 01:51 PM, Brad DeLong wrote:
>> Brad DeLong wrote:
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>>> When April Glaspie said that she understood that Saddam Hussein had
>>> to take some action to deal with Kuwaiti slant drilling, she did
>>> *not* mean that she understood that Saddam Hussein had to conquer
>>> and
>>> annex Kuwait. This "Glaspie gave a go-ahead nod for the annexation
>>> of
>>> Kuwait" seems to me likely to be completely false.
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>> April Glaspie may not have OK'd the annexation of Kuwait, but don't
>> you
>> think that she was giving a green light for some kind of military
>> action?
>> I was of the impression that our (mistaken) understanding was that
>> Iraq would only take regions where the Kuwaitis were doing diagonal
>> drilling and pumping.
>>
>> As you wrote earlier, containment works, and its been more than a
>> decade since Gulf War version 1.0. Saddam Hussein might be vicious,
>> but he'd have to be a blind fool to embark on another such adventure.
>> --
>> Curtiss, with the inspect, not invade folks.
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> The fact that Saddam Hussein has launched two wars makes one worry
> that perhaps he is not only vicious, but also a blind fool...
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> And I think you're right about what April Glaspie expected: a small
> incursion to stop slant drilling and grab a couple of oilfields...
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> Brad DeLong
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