JoeB131
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I said they were our allies before the war. We sold them some of our fast-movers.
I also said I helped train them.
Not my fault you assumed something that wasn't true.
NO, guy, the problem was that you implied it without providing context to prove a fact not in evidence.
We did not have a treaty with Kuwait prior to Iraq's INvasion.
April Glaspie told Saddam
"But we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait. I was in the American Embassy in Kuwait during the late 1960s. The instruction we had during this period was that we should express no opinion on this issue and that the issue is not associated with America. James Baker has directed our official spokesmen to emphasize this instruction. We hope you can solve this problem using any suitable methods via Klibi (Chedli Klibi, Secretary General of the Arab League) or via President Mubarak. All that we hope is that these issues are solved quickly."
April Glaspie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No, I'm sorry, guy, is this the kind of hting you say to someone who is about to invade one of your "allies"?