It Was Really the End of Diplomacy, Not History
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When WikiLeaks unveiled the infamous and secretive pre-Gulf War One Glaspie Memo, where some speculated that comments were made which misled Saddam Hussein into believing the United States was giving him a green light to invade Kuwait if diplomacy failed, it should have sent chills throughout the world, particularly in America. The Glaspie Memo, known as 90BAGHDAD423 or “Saddam’s Message of Friendship to President Bush,” details a meeting between U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie and Saddam Hussein on July 25, 1990. The meeting occurred just a few days before Iraq invaded Kuwait. The leaked memo reveals that indeed, Hussein expressed grave…
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It Was Really the End of Diplomacy, Not History
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