Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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I'm not sure Bush41 thought about it that much. After all wasn't it Bush41 that did this

"We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait."

It is perhaps one of the most famous lines of the Persian Gulf War.
The venue was a July 25, 1990, meeting between U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie and President Saddam Hussein.
In two years as ambassador to Iraq, it was her first private audience with Saddam. And it was her last.
A week later, on Aug. 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, and to some, Glaspie's statement would symbolize appeasement in offering a "green light" to invade.
Glaspie's statement, and her "belief" that Iraq did not want to have a war, is cited as proof of ineptitude.
We now know that Glaspie presented exactly Washington's stance, and was, in fact, a minor player in a long-standing White House policy of support and accommodation for Iraq. Saddam Hussein may have been given a green light to invade, but April Glaspie can hardly be blamed.