Reply #12: No way in Hell. [View All]

[Frederik]

Poppy & Co wanted that war to decimate Iraq's military capacity, as their former puppet had become too powerful a force on the Middle Eastern chessboard after he won the Iraq-Iran war. US ambassador April Glaspie told Saddam that the US was not concerned with "your border dispute with Kuwait".

Remember that Kuwaiti girl hired by Hill & Knowlton who told a shocked Congress that Iraqi soldiers were ripping babies from their incubators? They made it all up. But it sure worked, as it helped wipe out the remaining opposition to the war on Capitol Hill.

Remember the satellite photos that purportedly showed Iraqi troops at the Saudi border? Funny how Russian satellite pictures of the same area did not show those forces. Funny how there was absolutely zero reason to believe Saddam would try to invade Saudi Arabia.