[lbo-talk] Wikileaks releases April Glaspie's 1990 cable in re Saddam

[Michael Pollak]

For buffs:

http://wikileaks.nl/cable/1990/07/90BAGHDAD4237.html

The money line is in the summary:

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--ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE EXPLICIT, SADDAM'S MESSAGE
TO US SEEMED TO BE THAT HE WILL MAKE A MAJOR PUSH
TO COOPERATE WITH MUBARAK'S DIPLOMACY, BUT WE MUST
TRY TO UNDERSTAND KUWAITI/UAE "SELFISHNESS" IS
UNBEARABLE. AMBASSADOR MADE CLEAR THAT WE CAN
NEVER EXCUSE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES BY OTHER THAN
PEACEFUL MEANS. END SUMMARY.

<unquote>

Michael