Saddam Hussein even asked permission of the United States ambassador to Iraq, and waited for her to give that permission BEFORE attacking Kuwait.*************************
To: exodus
Presuming, for the sake of argument, that is a fact -- if "permission" of the US was so desired, why did Saddam refuse to evacuate Kuwait after the US withdrew it?
If you wish to invest in the idea that Saddam was April Glaspie's lapdog, when her higher-ups overruled her and pulled on the reigns, why did he resist?
# 275 by L.N. Smithee
If you know the woman's name, you know that I'm telling the truth. I had forgotten her name.
Saddam was not April Glaspie's lapdog. He told her to let him know if the United States government, in other words, the President, had any objections to his conquest of Kuwait.
Saddam was told that the United States had no interest in Kuwait.
April Glaspie was not "overruled." She checked with the State Department and said what she was told to say. She didn't "decide" anything, she was a MESSENGER.
Saddam was greedy, true. But the United States DID give him permission to attack Kuwait.
It was a trap. Saddam fell for it.