[lbo-talk] South Ossetia

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Sun Aug 10 17:05:49 PDT 2008



> 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



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