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To: Westbrook

Our enemies watch what our politicians say. It is an invitation to disaster.

Missteps have started wars. See Korea & Kuwait for recent examples.


25 posted on 09/25/2010 2:27:21 AM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD
Our enemies watch what our politicians say. It is an invitation to disaster.
IIRC, Saddam Hussein "misinterpreted" something Bush the Elder said and thought the US had given tacit approval of his plan to invade Kuwait.
52 posted on 09/25/2010 10:02:57 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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