that stars and stripes article

[Bradford DeLong]

>Week One: The 'Green Light'
>By William M. Arkin
>Special to The Stars and Stripes
>
>
>"We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border 
>disagreement with Kuwait."
>
>It is perhaps one of the most famous lines of the Persian Gulf War.
>
>The venue was a July 25, 1990, meeting between U.S. Ambassador April 
>Glaspie and President Saddam Hussein.
>
>In two years as ambassador to Iraq, it was her first private 
>audience  with Saddam. And it was her last.
>
>A week later, on Aug. 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, and to some, 
>Glaspie's statement would symbolize appeasement in offering a "green 
>light" to invade..

Good God! She said "your border disagreement with Kuwait," not "your 
desire to conquer and annex Kuwait."

Cut the woman some slack...

Brad DeLong