On 20 Dec 2003 at 12:40, Nomen Nescio wrote:

Thanks Steve, I don't think I have heard this before. I googled on the text you quoted and found this url

http://wais.stanford.edu/Iraq/iraq_andambassaprilglaspie22303.html

and a few more

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ARTICLE5/april.html http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/glaspie.html

I don't know what to say. This makes me sick to my stomach.

I guess one way of lookin at this is that U.S. played dirty and deceiving. U.S. is more or less the reason Iraq invaded Kuwait.

I guess this is not told on Fox news.

I see you did not actually read "http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ARTICLE5/april.html" There are two versions of Glaspie's conversation. One believable, one unbelievable. One of which tells Saddam that the US is deeply concerned about Saddam invading, implicitly threatening him while explicitly denying any threat, one of which gives the green light for invasion. One definitely gives the green light. The other can be read as giving the green light, but would not be so read by anyone who wanted to stay alive. Needless to say, one version comes from more credible sources than the other.