[lbo-talk] South Ossetia

[Jordan Hayes]

> In the prelude to the Gulf War, the US passed a message to
> Saddam that it would do nothing if Iraq invaded Kuwait.

I think that's a mischaracterization, one that has a lot of popular 
memory.

In fact, Tariq Aziz, a guy who I suppose we ought to believe on this 
matter, said there was no misunderstanding and there was no 
"green-light" ...

/jordan