On 25 Apr 2005 05:42:50 GMT, D Murphy wrote:

His invasion of Kuwait was authorized by us.

Another fabrication. U.S. ambassador April Glaspie

And a few others IIRC.

met with Saddam a week
before the invasion of Kuwait and assured Saddam that the U.S. wanted
better and deeper relations with Iraq, and that the U.S. didn't want to
wage war with Iraq. The Bush administration wrongly believed that Iraq
was not serious about invading Kuwait.

Saddam seemed rather clear about it & asked ....

They thought Saddam was bluffing
in order to get our attention.

Why? The history of Kuwait ...... and Saddam had just
done a lot of things for Bush-I, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ronnie Raygun ..

Saddam mistook the diplomatic efforts as
permission to go ahead and invade.

Perhaps they should have said "No".
--
Cliff