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[email protected] · June 27th 14, 03:25 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

On 14-06-19 12:05 PM, wrote:

How much do you pay for gas?

Almost a dollar more per gallon . And all due to that nearly

forgotten war over Kuwait ... what a mess . That was a big (actually

H-U-G-E) mistake in Foreign Policy.

Not a mistake at all. It went off exactly as planned. US ambassador

April Glaspie was consulted by the Iraqi leadership concerning oil theft

by Kuwait using cross drilling in the border areas.

Glaspie checked with Washington and they told her that local conflicts

were not their concern and that if Hussein wanted to use force to make

Kuwait respect territorial rights then they would not object.

Glaspie passed on Washington's reply. Hussein had asked for permission

to invade and it had been granted by the US.

As soon as he invades, the US does a completely dishonourable about face

and starts yelling that Hussein is a barbarous monster. Phoney nurses

appear out of the woodwork to cry on television over all the babies the

invading Iraqis had ripped out of incubators and kicked around the

nursery floor. It was all Bull****.

There were also videos and photos of American Marines torching oil

installations long after the Iraqis had withdrawn.

mike

--

It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my

reasons for them!--Friedrich Nietzsche ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Since Iraq was carved out of the former Ottoman Empire in 1920 it was involved in : countless coups, civil wars, uprisings, revolts, armed border disputes and more than a dozen wars with its neighbors . The one with Kuwait was just another conflict to settle some very old scores ... It was never finished- at least as far I can see it. Unfortunately, Iraq had been thru a very sad and an extremely bloody history in very a short period of time ...