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> Good God! She said "your border disagreement with Kuwait," not "your
> desire to conquer and annex Kuwait."
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> Cut the woman some slack...
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Jeez, relax and scroll down! The article goes on to say
We now know that Glaspie presented exactly Washington's stance,
and was, in fact, a minor player in a long-standing White House
policy of support and accommodation for Iraq. Saddam Hussein may
have been given a green light to invade, but April Glaspie can
hardly be blamed.
I don't think that the rest of the article supports the contention that Saddam Hussein "may have been given a green light to invade," though. What it recounts seems more a tale of incompetence and complacence than duplicity. But duplicity is a lot more exciting, so... -- Curtiss, incompetent but not complacent