On July 28, 1990, President George H.W. Bush sent a letter to Saddam Hussein, which read: ” ‘…my Administration continues to desire better relations with Iraq. We will also continue to support our other friends in the region with whom we have had long-standing ties. We see no necessary inconsistency between these two objectives.’ ” […]
7/27/1990
“It would be crazy to think that if … Iraq … sends its five hundred thousand troops in that we’re going to send troops over there and defend Kuwait.’ [From] Fred Barnes (Senior Editor: The New Republic), The McLaughlin Group, July 27, 1990″ – Eds. Micah L. Sifry and Christopher Cerf, The Iraq War Reader, […]
7/27/1990
On July 27, 1990, President George H.W. Bush sent a personal cable to Saddam Hussein, “just five days before the invasion of Kuwait, in which Bush expressed concern but added, ‘Let me reassure you that my administration continues to desire better relations with Iraq.’ ” – Antonia Juhasz, The Bush Agenda, Page 172 […]
7/25/1990
Ambassador April Glaspie to President Saddam Hussein during a documented exchange on July 25, 1990: “I admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, […]
7/25/1990
“Unable to pay back the $14 billion he had borrowed from Kuwait [to fund the Iran-Iraq War], Saddam attempted to raise the price of oil through OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), but Kuwait responded by increasing the flow from its own massive oil fields, which kept world prices low. Outraged by that action, […]
7/25/1990
“On July 25 [1990], President Saddam Hussein of Iraq summoned the United States Ambassador to Baghdad, April Glaspie, to his office in the last high-level contact between the two Governments before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2.” Glaspie told Hussein: ” ‘My assessment after 25 years’ service in this area is that your […]
7/25/1990
“On July 25 [1990], President Saddam Hussein of Iraq summoned the United States Ambassador to Baghdad, April Glaspie, to his office in the last high-level contact between the two Governments before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2.” In defense of his buildup of troops at the Kuwaiti border, Hussein said: “ ‘It is […]
7/25/1990
“On July 25 [1990], President Saddam Hussein of Iraq summoned the United States Ambassador to Baghdad, April Glaspie, to his office in the last high-level contact between the two Governments before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2.” Hussein said: ” ‘The United States wants to secure the flow of oil. This is understandable […]
7/25/1990
“In response to Iraqi troop movements along the border with Kuwait, the State Department dispatched Ambassador [April] Glaspie to mollify Saddam. At a July 25, 1990 meeting, the Iraqi leader predicted to Glaspie that America would not oppose his aims because ‘yours is a society that cannot accept 10,000 dead in one battle.’ To which […]
7/25/1990
Saddam Hussein “summoned [U.S.] Ambassador [April] Glaspie to see him at noon on Wednesday, July 25, 1990 (a week before the [Kuwait] invasion), which was highly irregular. Saddam, with [Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister] Tariq Aziz present, referred to the potential military threat the United States could launch. …Glaspie did not react to it. …Glaspie had […]