April Glaspie Quotes

• We foolishly did not realize Saddam was stupid.

  April Glaspie

  Stupid, Realizing, Saddam

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• President Bush is an intelligent man. He is not going to declare an economic war against Iraq . [...] I admire your extraordinary efforts to rebuild your country. I know you need funds. We understand that, and our opinion is that you should have the opportunity to rebuild your country. But we have no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts like your border disagreement with Kuwait .

  April Glaspie

  Country, War, Intelligent

  "Confrontation in the Gulf". Excerpts From Iraqi Document on Meeting With U.S. Envoy, www.nytimes.com. September 23, 1990.

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• Obviously, I didn't think, and nobody else did, that the Iraqis were going to take all of Kuwait .

  April Glaspie

  Thinking, Kuwait, America

  "Why Obama Scares Me" by Mona Charen, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 21, 2014.

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