Re: "the Kuwait issue is not associated with America"
I'm not sure what your motivation is for wanting to rewrite history, but that isn't what Glaspie said. There's a video interview I saw about all of this on 60 minutes (I think) where it was made clear that Glaspie did in fact say to Saddam that "We have no opinion on your Arab - Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait." Regards, Matt-
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 20-Dec-03, at 1:04 PM, Freematt357@aol.com wrote:
I'm not sure what your motivation is for wanting to rewrite history, but that isn't what Glaspie said.
I am guessing here that he just wants to believe that the US is acting in their foreign policy for the greater good, not for some selfish reasons. Nagging Conscience maybe? M. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.3 iQA/AwUBP+Sg12lCnxcrW2uuEQIzawCgtpmGBBy4B3f+nrbVWXQ0eo6HlFIAoJ/6 L6YIZYQbQhuuv1kcM/WgomLX =u4/h -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-- On 20 Dec 2003 at 13:04, Freematt357@aol.com wrote:
There's a video interview I saw about all of this on 60 minutes (I think) where it was made clear that Glaspie did in fact say to Saddam that "We have no opinion on your Arab - Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait."
And, as diplomats tend to do, she also proceeded to imply the opposite. In any case, you are making the "poor victimized Saddam argument" When one hears this argument in any particular case, one does not need to check the facts of that particular case. That poor little Saddam was victimized is an obviously stupid argument, and anyone making it an obviously evil person. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 6WGBV4YgV3ERm+ANnc1R5PyBtJd1N+U/T6s1mBLK 4HFuMQjPp6w0HFllkQpbmhad5CnhaAWYf7P9QsMvn
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